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Revolution Shuffle by Boa Phi

Zombie apocalypse, anti-arab anti-asian racism, government control, Octavia, Spartacus, slaves

Political consciousness, fighting oppression

***

The Token Superhero by David F Walker

Superheroes, chosen children, toy franchises, Octavia

Overcoming racism, inner strength, support, people power

***

The river by adrienne maree brown

Gentrification, Detroit, water spirit, magical realism, Octavia

Natural justice, equality, cooperative living

***1/2

Evidence by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

The internet, post collapse society, archaeology, Octavia, capitalism critique, epistolatory

Survival, equality, communal ownership, support, shared community

***1/2

Black Angel by Walidah Imarisha

Refugees, avenging angel, superhero, outcasts, Octavia, reluctant do-gooder

Fighting exploitation, oppression, racism, justice

****

The Long Memory by Morrigan Phillips

Fantasy, archipelagos, factional struggle, politics, torture, Octavia, inprisonment, hunger strike, Earthsea, ancestry memory magic, geneaology

Defiance, ancestor respect, pacifism

**

Small and Bright by Autumn Brown

Going underground, post apocalypse society, Octavia, THX1138, communal society, banishment, exile, skin pigment erasure

Escape, survival, tenacity, communal society

***1/2

In Spite of Darkness by Alixa Garcia, with illustrations

Human invasion, pollution catastrophe, alien tribal culture, sun harvesters, war, exo-myths, new wave writing, outer planets, Kuiper belt, Octavia

Resistance, family, determination

***1/2

Hollow by Mia Mingus

Disability exiles, teleportation, genocide, extermination, exodus, Octavia

Disabled rights, solidarity, resilience

***

Lalibela by Gabriel Toedros

Time travel, Ethiopia, Africa, lost utopia, messiah, dragons, beekeepers, Octavia

****1/2

Little Brown Mouse by Tunde Olaniran

Alternate realities, mental breakdown, autism?, car crash tragedy, Octavia

Illumination, guilt, coping with reality

***1/2

Sanford and Sun by Dawolu Jabari Anderson

TV sitcom, Sun Ra, music and mysticism, spiritual space journey, Octavia

Liberation, equal rights, civil rights movement, self determination, discrimination, funky, spiritual practice, humour, puns

****

Runway Blackout by Tara Betts

Therianthropes, shapeshifters, runway models on strike, racism, fashion magazine industry, Octavia

Solidarity, black rights, BLM, tolerance, strike for rights, reactionary?

***

Kafka’s Last Laugh by Vagabond

Repressive state violence, protest, prisoners as slave labour, flaws in the system, surveillance drugs, Kafka, Octavai

The power of laughter, liberation, anti-capitalism, resistance

***

22XX: One-Shot by Jelani Wilson

Phobos, Mars, terraformed dome life, juveniles, academy, YA, escape, bio-weapons, military scifi, Ender, Octavia

Rebellion, anti-authoritarian, outwitting authority

***

Manhunters by Kalamu ya Salaam

Matriarchal tribal societies, infertility, Octavia, attempted escape, zero population growth, trial, pregnancy, amazonian, men as chattel

Forgiveness, steadfastness, respect

***1/2

Aftermath (excerpt) by LeVar Burton

Scientists, Parkinson’s Disease, cancer cure, slaves, skin, organ harvesting, conspiracy, Octavia

Greed, contempt, brutality, empathy

***1/2

Fire On the Mountain (excerpt) by Terry Bisson

Alternate history, war of independence 2, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, William Douglas, Mars, Socialist revolution, New Africa, civil war, Octavia

Socialism, equality, civil rights

****

Homing Instinct by Dani McClain

Global warming, population displacement, government control, Octavia

Human rights, freedom, resistance

***

Children Who Fly by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Nuclear war, aftermath, rape, Octavia, cooperative economics, weakened ozone shield, transformative justice healing circles, the spirit plane

Liberation, metamorphosis, survival

***1/2