Series
Dark Matter Anthologies
Sheree Renée Thomas · 2 anthologies · 2000–2004
Dark Matter is an anthology series of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories and essays produced by people of African descent. The editor of the series is Sheree Thomas. The first book in the series, Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000), won the 2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. The second book in the Dark Matter series, Dark Matter: Reading the Bones (2004), won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology in 2005. A forthcoming third book in the series was finally published at the end of 2022 under the title Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, from Tor Books.
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- 2000s2
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Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
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- Dark Matter: Reading the Bonesdarkest · most intense
- Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diasporabrightest · calmest