by Bárbara Pérez Curiel As mirrors of reality, cultural products contribute to normalizing, more directly or indirectly, practices and ideas of the context in which they are created. Sometimes, however, they are also spaces of resistance where certain of these conventions are not normalized but rather exposed as what they are: constructions that can be...
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August 12, 2019August 11, 2019Short Story, Writing & Publishing
We’re Closed
We are temporarily closing to new short fiction submissions. Any stories received after 8 a.m. Eastern Monday August 12 will not be considered during this review period. Why? We have been amazed at the response since starting Bronzeville Bee, and have had many impressive story submissions during the past few months. As of penning this...
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August 9, 2019August 9, 2019crime/mystery, Fiction, Friday's Forgotten Books, Review/Recap
Friday’s Forgotten Books: American Skin by Ken Bruen
When Stephen Blake’s friend Tommy tries to get him involved in a scheme with an IRA associate of his, Stephen doesn’t like the look of the guy and makes plans to move to America with his girlfriend Siobhan. Those plans involve a lot of money. And things don’t work out the way Stephen hopes. American...
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August 6, 2019August 4, 2019Fiction, Muslim, Short Story
Fragments
Short Fiction by Amra Pajalic Srebrenica, July 1992 I threw open the front door and bolted out of the house when my mother’s guttural scream of terror stopped me dead in my tracks. I turned and went back inside. “What’s wrong?” Mama clutched the wall, her face white with terror. “Stupid girl!” She shook me...
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August 2, 2019July 28, 2019crime/mystery, Fiction, Friday's Forgotten Books, Review/Recap
Friday’s Forgotten Books: MISSING IN PRECINCT PUERTO RICO BY STEVEN TORRES
Steven Torres uses his skills as a storyteller to use the threads of an investigation to build tension in Missing in Precinct Puerto Rico. From the start, puzzle pieces are introduced that are used to filter all the additional details that arise during the course of the investigation. Torres does an excellent job of developing...
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July 31, 2019July 31, 2019Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Asian Heritage, fantasy, Fiction, Review/Recap, Sci Fi/Fantasy, YA
10 #OwnVoices, Asian-inspired Fantasy YA Books of 2019
by Margaret Kingsbury This year brings a lot of amazing Asian #OwnVoices YA fantasy. While Asian characters and settings have been a part of fantasy for a long time, often these settings and cultural practices have been appropriated by white authors, and stereotypes abound. That’s one reason why it’s so important for more #OwnVoices Asian...
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July 30, 2019July 28, 2019Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Fiction, Film, Indigenous
Indigenous Representation in Cinema
by Chris La Tray Indians seem to be invisible in movies as much as we are anywhere. Hell, even when Hollywood puked out a Lone Ranger movie in 2013, they got a white dude (the long-irrelevant Johnny Depp) to play arguably America’s most famous Indian: his Comanche sidekick, Tonto. I haven’t seen the movie, but...
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July 29, 2019July 28, 2019Fiction, Short Story, Writing & Publishing
Unforgettable Stories
When reviewing manuscripts and short stories I ask myself some questions. One of those questions has to do with impact. Is it memorable? If I set a book, manuscript, or short story aside for a few weeks and can’t remember what it’s about, chances are it either hasn’t gotten to the point where it has...
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July 26, 2019July 22, 2019crime/mystery, Fiction, Friday's Forgotten Books
Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Bloomsday Dead by Adrian McKinty
Anyone who murders a member of the Irish Mob in New York will have a target on their forehead, and Michael Forsythe doubled down by not only killing top men from the Irish Mob; he also testified against them. He’s stuck in the Witness Protection Program, working in hotel security, but he can’t outrun his...
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July 25, 2019July 25, 2019Analysis, Dystopian, Fiction, Hot Topics, Reflections, Sci Fi/Fantasy, speculative fiction
Reflections: John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids Remains As Timely As Ever In Today’s World
In the future world of The Chrysalids (original U.S. title Re-Birth) all cities are believed to have been left in ruin from Tribulation, which God sent to punish the Old People for their sins. In Labrador, people are raised to follow strict rules. Everything must be in God’s image. Very little remains from the Old...