Cyberfunk!

by Milton J. Davis (Editor), Donovan Hall (Contributor), Ronald T. Jones (Contributor)

What is Cyberfunk? It is a vision of the future with an Afrocentric flavor. It is the Singularity without the Eurocentric foundation. It's Bladerunner with sunlight, Neuromancer with melanin, cybernetics with rhythm.
Nineteen amazing Black Speculative Fiction authors have come together to share their visions on the pages of this book. Prepare to be mesmerized by their stories.

Featuring stories by Eugen Bacon, Zig Zag Clayborne, Gerald L. Coleman, Ashleigh Davenport, Milton J. Davis, Minister Faust, Donovan Hall, John Jennings, Ronald Jones, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Kyoko M, Carole McDonnell, Violette Meier, T.C. Morgan, Balogun Ojetade, Hannibal Tabu, Jarla Tangh, Napoleon Wells, and K. Ceres Wright.

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Fiction, Anthologies

295 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 28, 2021

About the author

Milton Davis is owner of MVmedia, LLC , a small publishing company specializing in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Sword and Soul. MVmedia’s mission is to provide speculative fiction books that represent people of color in a positive manner. Milton is the author of eight novels; his most recent The Woman of the Woods and Amber and the Hidden City. He is co-editor of four anthologies; Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology and Griot: Sisters of the Spear, with Charles R. Saunders; The Ki Khanga Anthology with Balogun Ojetade and the Steamfunk! Anthology, also with Balogun Ojetade. MVmedia has also published Once Upon A Time in Afrika by Balogun Ojetade.
Milton resides in Metro Atlanta with his wife Vickie and his children Brandon and Alana.

Reviews

[MD · Rating 4 out of 5]

19 stories full of awesome ideas and imagination, but often lacking polish. I think there is a lot of promise here and I’m glad each of these stories was published. I hope these authors will continue to hone their storytelling skills. I think additional editing assistance might have really elevated this book - too many of the stories don’t really go anywhere, or start to go somewhere then abruptly end. The book badly needed additional proofreading. But there are definitely stories worth reading and writers with tremendous potential in this compilation.

[Ilex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply a fantastic sampling of the most talented voices in not only Afrofuturism, but in Speculative and Science Fiction in general, including Nebula nominee Balogun Ojetade, Zig Zag Clayton, Milton Davis, Minister Faust, and Donovan Hall, among many others. I come back to this anthology and its counterpart Cyberfunk! :The City time and time again for the luxury of escaping into the worlds these authors have created. Black Speculative Fiction is for everyone to enjoy, created by and from uniquely Black perspectives that are breaths of fresh air and healthy for Science Fiction in general. Anything by MVMedia is going to be quality. Pick this up along with The City, Steamfunk, and Spyfunk, curl up in a comfy place, and enjoy.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of short stories. Some I wish were full novellas or longer, and some that didn’t click with me. I enjoyed the amount of cyborg/mech/tech, and especially loved the story about the corrupt politician with the dog Mubsy Wubsy.

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like most anthologies, a mixed bag, but the quality is generally good, and it opens very strongly. Published in 2021, one of the stories features a social media owner attempting a hostile coup of the US. Cyberpunk, ever the Cassandra of genres.