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008 210301s2021 inu 000 1 eng d
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_beng
_erda
_cCGP
_dDPL
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_dBDX
_dNFG
020 _a9781735906508
_q(paperback)
020 _a1735906506
035 _a(OCoLC)1240419617
092 _aALLEN,
_bSTEPHANI
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aAllen, Stephanie Andrea,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHow to dispatch a human :
_bstories and suggestions /
_cStephanie Andrea Allen.
264 1 _aBloomington :
_bBLF Press,
_c[2021]
300 _a169 pages ;
_c20 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"In this daring collection of speculative fiction, Stephanie Andrea Allen attends to the lives of Black women, mostly lesbian or queer, all keenly aware of the forces seeking to consume them. A Black lesbian working the gig economy runs into a trio of motorized scooters and helps them escape from Earth. An enchanted sleep mask gives a woman the gift of slumber, but what will it cost her? A suburban housewife is framed for murder by her homophobic neighbor. And in the follow up to "Luna 6000," a young woman investigates her mother's untimely death, and learns the truth about her family. How to Dispatch a Human: Stories and Suggestions is an unapologetic, often humorous, foray into the quotidian magic that envelops Black women's lives. The eleven stories in this collection are filled with characters who will entice and delight readers as they traverse the worlds around them. With a mix of fabulism, near future, and speculative fictions, Allen reminds us in exquisitely nuanced prose that the fantastical can be found amongst the ordinary."-- Publisher's description.
650 0 _aWomen, Black
_vFiction.
_957583
650 0 _aLesbians, Black
_vFiction.
650 0 _aAfrican American lesbians
_vFiction.
_9193610
650 0 _aLesbians
_vFiction.
_931514
650 0 _aMurder
_vFiction.
_91034
650 0 _aFeminism
_vFiction.
_9100508
650 0 _aSpeculative fiction.
_9397748
655 7 _aShort stories.
_2lcgft
_91945
655 0 _aLGBTQ+.
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