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	Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts by Derwin Mak, Lucas K. Law (Editor), Mahtab Narsimhan (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 1) by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Kevin Folliard, Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 52 ratings — 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
	Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing by Sandra Kasturi (Editor), Halli Villegas (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings by Karen Schauber (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Jim Waddington (Foreword), Sue Waddington (Foreword) 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2019	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
	Playground of Lost Toys (The Exile Book of) by Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ursula Pflug (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rhonda Eikamp (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	Queens in Wonderland by Theresa Halvorsen (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Chris Bannor (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Alicia K. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 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
	Other Times and Places by Joe Mahoney (Goodreads Author), Robert Runte (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Tesseracts 5 by Robert Runte (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Yves Meynard (Editor), John Park (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Prairie Starport: Stories in Celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey by Rhonda Parrish (Goodreads Author) (Compiler), Timothy J. Anderson, Greg Bechtel (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	AI, Robot by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Devan Barlow, Jenna Moore 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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

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My Review of "As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories

Editor Terese Mason Pierre has collected ten fabulous (in both senses of the word) stories by Black Canadians into what has instantly become one of my all-time favourite anthologies.

The opening story, Chimedum Ohaegbu’s, “Ravenous, Called Iffy”, sets the tone. There is a dream-like quality to the writing: each individual moment is clear and meaningful and relatable, but subject to absurdist s

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