Milton Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 It's Black Speculative Fiction Month! This month we celebrate the Black Fantastic by supporting our creators and their events throughout the Diaspora! If you've never read a Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Afrotuturism, Africanfuturism, African Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Urban Fantasty, Horror book or graphic novel by a Black author, this is your month. I encourage all my friends to read, support an author by writing a review, attend a Black Speculative Fiction event, share a book, event, and/or an author with friends. This is our month, so let's celebrate! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Hey Milton, I'll looking for more titles to highlight in the "Top 10" lists I'm compiling. You mentioned the following categories: Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, African Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Horror You or anyone is welcome to post prospective titles for the lists. Also, share some of your Horor titles on the Lipstick Alley book forum where there was recent conversation on horror books. I posted about Sumiko Saulson, you'll find some additional potential readers there. Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 "Valjeanne Jeffers is a literary chef. She has taken three ingredients, steampunk, horror, and alternate history, blended them together and created a scrumptious main course of thrills, excitement, and suspense. In her latest offering, Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective, prominent men of color have been murdered in the city of Monterrey. Because these crimes bear a taint of the supernatural, Mona's services are enlisted. Besides possessing vast knowledge of all things paranormal-related, Mona is also a gifted sorceress. Aided by her on again off again lover and possibly the coolest, hippest ghost in the spirit world, Mona attempts to track down a killer, while uncovering a dangerous conspiracy." A serial killer is snuffing out the lives of affluent people of color in Monterrey, North America. Hard-boiled, homicide detectives Curtis Dubois and Harold Lowe are assigned to the case. But when they realize that the killer may not be human, Mona Livelong, a young paranormal detective, is brought in to help solve the case. As Mona races to unravel the clues to save Monterrey, she finds herself caught up in a terrifying plot to change the very face of North America.Cover Art and Design by Quinton Veal. #Horror #Steamfunk #Afrofuturism www.vjeffersandqveal.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Hey @Valjeanne Jeffers please visit your page on AALBC and let me know if I'm missing any titles. Of the three categories let me know which one would be best to put your book in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Troy, my profile page or another one? My categories are: Horror, Afrofuturism and Black science fiction. If you don't include Afrofuturism, please use Steamfunk instead. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hopkins Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 erm...Troy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Hey @Valjeanne Jeffers yes your aalbc page: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Valjeanne+Jeffers what category (#Horror #Steamfunk #Afrofuturism ) best fits the book you posted. @Mel Hopkins which category listed above best fits your book or should I create a new one, "urban fantasy?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hopkins Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 @Troy it appears you have urban fantasy in your ten. correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 @Troy thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 I've have six more titles Troy I'll post a few at a time Immortal III: Stealer of Souls is #Horror and #Afrofuturism. Immortal II: The Time of Legend is also #Horror and #Afrofuturism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Scierogenous II: An Anthology of Erotic Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Valjeanne Jeffers and Quinton Veal. #Horror #Afrofuturism #Steamfunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 I think I'll just post the rest of my books as links later I don't want to over post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 @Valjeanne Jeffers, For my purposes I just need a list of ISBN13s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Black Speculative Fiction Month with Dhonielle Clayton: A Part of the John Oliver Killens Reading Series centerforblackliterature.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hi Troy, here are the ISBNs for Immortal II and III: Immortal II: The Time of Legend ISBN-10: 1441468064 ISBN-13: 978-1441468062 Immortal: Stealer of Souls ISBN-10: 9781484811764 ISBN-13: 978-1484811764 ASIN: 1484811763 There are the ISBNs for Mona Livelong I and II Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective The Case of the Angry Ghost ISBN-10: 1493591002 ISBN-13: 978-1493591008 Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective II The Case of the Powerless Witch ISBN-10: 9781540324375 ISBN-13: 978-1540324375 ASIN: 1540324370 Here's Scierogenous II: An Anthology of Erotic Science Fiction and Fantasy ISBN-10: 9781727246988 ISBN-13: 978-1727246988 ASIN: 1727246985 The cover artist for all my novels and anthologies (except Immortal I &II) is Quinton Veal Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 OK got it. It may take a minute for me to get to this, as I'll fully engaged now, but I will. BTW @Valjeanne Jeffers, ASINs don't have meaning outside of Amazon (some booksellers might take offense ), though for printed books this number is usually the ISBN10 (which are always 10 digits long). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 @Troy no offense taken Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Milton I used your quote in the newsletter I'm mailing in the morning. Yeah I know it is November.. but I've been busy At any rate I've categories most of the book I have on AALBC using the BISAC codes and hyper linked your message as shown below: “It's Black Speculative Fiction Month! This month we celebrate the Black Fantastic by supporting our creators and their events throughout the Diaspora! If you've never read a Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, African Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Horror book or graphic novel by a Black author, this is your month. I encourage all my friends to read, support an author by writing a review, attend a Black Speculative Fiction event, share a book, event, and/or an author with friends. This is our month, so let's celebrate!” —Milton J. Davis There are over 4,600 BISAC codes defined (yes I counted them). I would you believe there are no categories for Afrofuturism, Sword and Soul, or anything African (the list of codes is American centric). I've taken to creating my own codes so that I can categorie these books and make them easier for readers to find. The challenge for authors is discovery. The lack of stores, websites, magazines, media coverage, make the discover of book very challenging today. I most people I talk to have ever heard of N.K. Jemison. @Valjeanne Jeffers, I believe I have all your books (physical) on the site: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Valjeanne+Jeffers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valjeanne Jeffers Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Thanks @Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Posted November 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 Thanks, Troy. Better late than never! We appreciate the support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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