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This volume introduces black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to the generations of readers who have not had the chance to explore the scope and diversity among African-American writers.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Looking for the Invisible - (2000) - essay by Sheree Renée Thomas [as by Sheree R. Thomas]
• Sister Lilith - (2000) - short story by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
• The Comet - (1920) - short story by W. E. B. Du Bois
• Chicago 1927 - [The Gilda Stories] - (2000) - short story by Jewelle Gomez
• Black No More (excerpt) - (1931) - short fiction by George S. Schuyler
• Separation Anxiety - (2000) - short story by Evie Shockley
• Tasting Songs - (2000) - short story by Leone Ross
• Can You Wear My Eyes - (2000) - short story by Kalamu ya Salaam
• Like Daughter - (2000) - short story by Tananarive Due
• Greedy Choke Puppy - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• Rhythm Travel - (1996) - short fiction by Amiri Baraka
• Buddy Bolden - (1996) - short story by Kalamu ya Salaam
• Aye, and Gomorrah... - (1967) - short story by Samuel R. Delany
• Ganger (Ball Lightning) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Becoming - (2000) - short story by Akua Lezli Hope
• The Goophered Grapevine - (1887) - short story by Charles W. Chesnutt
• The Evening and the Morning and the Night - (1987) - novelette by Octavia E. Butler
• Afterword (The Evening and the Morning and the Night) - (1996) - essay by Octavia E. Butler
• Twice, at Once, Separated - (2000) - short story by Linda D. Addison [as by Linda Addison]
• Gimmile's Songs - [Dossouye] - (1984) - short story by Charles R. Saunders
• At the Huts of Ajala - (2000) - short story by Nisi Shawl
• The Woman in the Wall - (2000) - novelette by Steven Barnes
• Ark of Bones - (1974) - short story by Henry Dumas
• Butta's Backyard Barbecue - (2000) - short fiction by Tony Medina
• Future Christmas (excerpt from The Terrible Twos) - short fiction by Ishmael Reed
• At Life's Limits - [Of Wings, Nectar, & Ancestors - 3] - (2000) - novelette by Kiini Ibura Salaam
• The African Origins of UFOs (excerpt) - (2000) - short fiction by Anthony Joseph
• The Astral Visitor Delta Blues - (2000) - short story by Robert Fleming
• The Space Traders - (1992) - novelette by Derrick Bell
• The Pretended - (2000) - short story by Darryl A. Smith
• Hussy Strutt - (2000) - short story by Ama Patterson
• Racism and Science Fiction - (1998) - essay by Samuel R. Delany
• Why Blacks Should Read (and Write) Science Fiction - (2000) - essay by Charles R. Saunders
• Black to the Future - (1999) - essay by Walter Mosley
• Yet Do I Wonder - (1994) - essay by Paul D. Miller
• The Monophobic Response - (1995) - essay by Octavia E. Butler

In the tradition of The Norton Anthology of Black Literature, DARK MATTER: READING THE BONES, like its ground-breaking predecessor, will introduce black SF, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to those who have not yet realized the depth and breadth of their work-or even, in some cases, that it exists. Including original short fiction and nonfiction as well as previously published works and essays, DARK MATTER will contain approximately 30 stories from the early part of the century through the most cutting-edge work of today. Contributors to this new volume include Charles Johnson, National Book Award-winning author of Middle Passage; Tananarive Due; Walter Mosley, W.E.B. Du Bois; Samuel R. Delany; Nalo Hopkinson; and many more.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Sheree R. Thomas
• ibo landing - (1998) - shortstory by ihsan bracy
• The Quality of Sand - shortstory by Cherene Sherrard
• Yahimba's Choice - shortstory by Charles R. Saunders
• The Glass Bottle Trick - (2000) - shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
• Desire - shortstory by Kiini Ibura Salaam
• Recovery from a Fall - shortstory by David Findlay
• Anansi Meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington - (2000) - shortstory by Douglas Kearney
• The Magical Negro - shortstory by Nnedi Okorafor
• Jesus Christ in Texas - (1920) - shortstory by W. E. B. Du Bois
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken? - (1974) - shortstory by Henry Dumas
• 'Cause Harlem Needs Heroes - shortstory by Kevin Brockenbrough
• Whipping Boy - shortstory by Pam Noles
• Old Flesh Song - shortstory by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
• Whispers in the Dark - (2001) - novelette by Walter Mosley
• Aftermoon - shortstory by Tananarive Due
• Voodoo Vincent and the Astrostoriograms - shortstory by Tyehimba Jess
• The Binary - shortstory by John Cooley
• BLACKout - shortstory by Jill Robinson
• Sweet Dreams - shortstory by Charles Johnson
• Buying Primo Time - shortstory by Wanda Coleman
• Corona - (1967) - shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
• Maggies - shortstory by Nisi Shawl
• Excerpt from Mindscape - shortstory by Andrea Hairston
• Trance - shortstory by Kalamu ya Salaam
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics - essay by Jewelle Gomez
• Her Pen Could Fly: Remembering Virginia Hamilton - essay by Nnedi Okorafor
• Celebrating the Alien: The Politics of Race and Species in the Juveniles of Andre Norton - essay by Carol Cooper