Kimberly S. Love

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WORLDCON 2026 Spacefunk edited by Milton J. Davis Austin Creek by Kimberly S. Love If you want to recommend a book for a Hugo Award nomination, post the following to this thread: 1. The name of the book 2. Are you a voting member of the World Science Fiction Society (Learn more here and here.) Conversation and questions are encouraged. But, ask them on the thread titled: "Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, and Fantasy Writers?"

@Milton I found this spreadsheet online that says you can make recommendations to it for Worldcon 2026. It has useful information on the sheet, but I haven't quite figured out where to make the book recommendations. When I do, I will add your book, mine (Austin Creek), and all the others that list their books on the next thread. *update: I have added your book and mine to the LONG LONG LONG List of Recommendations, and I will continue to add the others recommendations noted in this forum. In the meantime, I don't see why we shouldn't create our own recommendation list. Of course, people are free to vote from their hearts, but it can be helpful to know that there is a community who knows that you would appreciate their support. Let's use this thread for discussion and the next thread for recommendations. The thread for recommendations will be called WORLDCON RECOMMENDATIONS 2026, and I (and others) can update that post with books, poems, anthologies, and short stories to recommend. Also, let others know if you are a voting member or not. To vote, you have to be a WSFS member by January 31, and the cost is $50. Here is a link to the registration page. @Milton, the virtual panel that I am proposing is about ancestral memory. If you think along those lines, let's connect via email (ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com) so as not to flood this thread. You can also reach out about what's on your mind. I wouldn't mind be part of more than one panel. I do beleive that proposing a panel, workshop, or talk (there seem to be many avenues to get invovled) is the best way to approach Worldcon so that even if your book is not nominated, you can still be seen and share your work and your thoughts.

Is there anyone here wanting to nominate his or her own work for this year's Hugo Award? If there were several members of this forum who wanted to create a critical mass so that our works progressed to official nomination, one or a few of us could at the very least get exposure. I have read through the rules, regulations, and FAQs, and I did not read anything suggesting that an approach such as this one was inappropriate. More info here: https://www.thehugoawards.org/ Also, if anyone is interested in being on a panel for the World Science Fiction Convention, let's connect. This year, the event is in LA, but I am planning to propose a virtual panel because I rather contribute from home. More info here and here.

@Pioneer1 I am Dr. Love. It doesn't always seem necessary or relevant, though.

Thank you @Troy! The book's publication date is June 1, 2025 and the page count is 235. I don't know Jay or Marc personally, but I do know people that know them, and we share an adjacent network. I am familiar with the work of them both.

Hey @Troy. Yep, that's the correct ISBN number. If you're looking to purchase the book, click here. I don't remember how I discovered this site but glad to be here.

No, the community is located in Alabama.

Hey there, Yes, I'm looking forward to the year-long celebration and want to do my part in spreading the word and making sure Morrison is represented well. This year is the springboard for a 2031 celebration of Morrison in the state, 100 years after her birth. Both celebrations will be based in Ohio but there are writers, readers, and scholars all over the nation who are involved! Google search says that Lorain is less than an hour from Cleveland. I've never been to the Cedar Point Amusement Park, but I lived out my youth and teenage years in a community called Cedar Point so the name is so so familiar. Good to meet you!

The yearlong celebration will begin with a kickoff event in the capitol of Columbus and close in Morrison’s hometown of Lorain. Partners in every county of the state will hold individual events including readings and discussions of her writing, talks with authors and important figures that Morrison influenced, school activities and writing contests, film screenings and performances inspired by her work, and much more. LEARN MORE

Austin Creek by Kimberly S. Love wins a South Arts Grant for how the novel depicts the vitality of the South! Read about the award, listen to Love discuss her book with a student from Alabama A&M, and start reading!

Book Description: Austin Creek reconnects a family on the South Carolina seacoast, where the family's animist worldview and southern consciousness direct their return to a mystical enclave in South Alabama. Before the exiled descendants can return to the long-forgotten enclave of their past, they have to complete inner journeys that threaten the meaning of self, marriage, and death. As long-forgotten family legends and environmental mysteries reanimate their story as a Maroon community, the circle of life makes an ultimate transformation in this mythic vision. “Transcendent” –Futurescapes faculty reviewer. Purchase today! Winner of South Arts Literary Arts Project grant. I am interested in a book review; ISBN: 979-8-218-66932-4; Austin Creek by Kimberly S. Love; publication date July 2025. BIO: Kimberly S. Love was born and raised in the Appalachian foothills of Huntsville, Alabama. She left home to study literature and language at Tuskegee University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She continued her studies at the University of Virginia (UVA), where her career began, teaching composition and literature courses and leading African American Studies sections. She received a PhD in English Language and Literature from UVA. Love was awarded the Literary Arts Projects Grant, a program of South Arts, for how her debut novel Austin Creek represents the vitality of the South. Her other publications appear in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Root Work Journal, and Auburn Avenue. An essay is forthcoming in The Southern Quarterly. She is the founder of the Legacy Collective, a book publishing network for independent writers and artists. Website & Buy Link: https://austincreekonline.com/ For bulk or wholesale book orders, email ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com Press & Interviews: Alabama A&M University Student Publications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Mw8hzd33U&feature=youtu.be Speaking Out News (reprint): https://speakinoutweeklynews.net/2025/03/25/aamu-professor-awarded-south-arts-grant-to-complete-debut-novel/ Bulldog News at Alabama A&M University: https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/5000-award-suppotrs-dr-kimberly-loves-austin-creek.html Other Publications: Wooded Reflections Pachamama Too Shame to Look: Learning to Trust Mirrors and Healing the Lived Experience of Shame in Alice Walker's The Color Purple | Hypatia Contact Info: ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com Social Media Links: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090104025374 https://www.instagram.com/legacycollectivebooks/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-love-148039262/ https://linktr.ee/kimlove Public Service (Free Books for Free Minds) https://forms.gle/8jFcy2314VFXbkkj9 *Full Press Kit