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Danny Cherry Jr.

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New Orleans, The United States

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Speculative Fiction, Narrative Non Fiction / Politica, Crime

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Ken Liu, Nathan Ballingrud, Fonda Lee, Alix E Harrow, Don Winslow, Ric ...more

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Hello!

I write political and personal essays; op-eds; novels; narrative nonfiction; and short stories.

ACCOLADES THUS FAR:

My story "Brief Life Story of Lila" (published originally by Fiyah Lit Mag) was added to the Locus Magazine recommended reading list for 2023, as well as the BEST AMERICAN SCI-FI & FANTASY 2023 notable stories list.

Non-fiction publications:

Buzzfeed News, Politico, The Daily Beast, Truly*Adventurous, Transformation Magazine, Ploughshares, & Antigravity Magazine.

Fiction:

X- ray Lit Mag, Fiyah Lit Mag, Apex Magazine, and Hexagon Magazine. ...more

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	The Pike Boys 4.49 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robotic Ambitions: Tales of Mechanical Sentience by Lesley Conner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Martha Wells (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Issue #21, Winter 2022 (FIYAH, #21) by DaVaun Sanders (Goodreads Author) (Editor), LaDarrion Williams (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nnadi Samuel (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apex Magazine #133 September/October 2022 by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lesley Conner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Benjamin Parzybok (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apex Magazine Issue #147 by Rachel Bolton, Lesley Conner (Goodreads Author) (editor), Danny Cherry Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Issue #33, Winter 2025 by DaVaun Sanders (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L.M. Spann (Contributor), Jarune Uwujaren (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Hexagon SF Magazine, Issue 12 by J.W. Stebner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elou Carroll (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), L. Chan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Claude Lévi-Strauss once observed that, “for the majority of the human species, and for tens of thousands of years, the idea that humanity includes every human being on the face of the earth does not exist at all. The designation stops at the border of each tribe, or linguistic”
― Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

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“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson

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“No relationship is ever truly equal in the strength of its clutches on the other. If she could admit the truth, she always knew that Shane’s love for her was the stronger knot than hers to him. And this would kill him. In some dim corner of her heart, Tilda had always harboured a cold suspicion that she needed Shane more than she actually loved him.”
― Tim McGregor, Old Flames, Burned Hands

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