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Book SynopsisTrouble the Waters gathers the tidal force of bestselling, renowned writers from Lagos to New Orleans, Memphis to Copenhagen, Northern Ireland and London, offering extraordinary speculative fiction tales of ancient waters in all its myriad forms. Meet techno savvy water spirits, bayou saints and sirens, robots and river rootwomen, a pod of joyful space whales, and a castle of water-born terrors and mysteries. Including work by Nalo Hopkinson, Jaquira Diaz, Andrea Hairston, Linda D. Addison, Rion Amilcar Scott, Marie Vibbert, Maurice Broaddus, and other breakout beautiful voices, these stories and poems celebrate the most vital of elemental forces, water.
Trade ReviewFINALIST FOR BOTH THE 2023 WORLD FANTASY AWARD AND LOCUS AWARD!
"Stories to make you feel infinitely hopeful." — ZZ Claybourne, author of Afro Puffs Are the Antennae of the Universe
“If you want some wonderful tales . . . spend some time with these pieces, sit with them.” — Lightspeed Magazine
“A staggering array of creative voices.” — Locus
Table of ContentsTROUBLE THE WATERS: Tales from the Deep Blue Table of Contents Dedication Introduction>br>1. Mami Wata, Goddess of Clear Blue by Linda Addison 2. Seven Generations Algorithm by Andrea Hairston 3. Water Being by Pan Morigan 4. Ancestries by Sheree Renée Thomas 5. Seamonsters by Ama Patterson 6. Salt Baby by Nanna Árnadóttir 7. Juniper's Song by Marie Vibbert 8. Deep Like the Rivers by Christopher Caldwell 9. 10. Dance of Myal by Maurice Broaddus 11. Whimper by Nalo Hopkinson 12. A City Called Heaven by Danian Darrell Jerry 13. Numbers by Rion Amilcar Scott 14. Spirits Don’t Cross Over ‘Til They Do by Jamey Hatley 15. Against the Venom Tide by Henry Szabranksi 16. The Half-Drowned Castle by Lyndsay Gilbert 17. Follow Death by Story Boyle 18. Lilies and Claws by Kate Heartfield 19. The Weaver's Tale by Cecilia Quirk 20. For the Night Is Long and I am Lost Without You by Erica Ruppert 21. All of Us Are She by Jasmine Wade 22. The Stone by Naila Moreira 23. The Sea Devil by Susana Morris 24. Call the Water by adrienne maree brown 25. The Ancestor Abiodun Tells Me About the Time She Forgot Osun by Maria Osunbimpe Hamilton Abegunde 26. Ghosts by Jaquira Diaz 27. Green Symphony by Jacqueline Johnson 28. Maafa to Mami Wata by Heather Byrd Roberts
