#Hopkinsons

[brokehorrorfan]

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror will be published on October 3 via Random House. It's curated by filmmaker Jordan Peele, who also provides an introduction and serves as editor with John Joseph Adams.

It features short stories by Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N.K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L.D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.

The 400-page book will be available in hardcover, e-book, and audio book. The synopsis is below.

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation. A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world... and redefine what it means to be afraid.

Pre-order Out There Screaming.

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Francis Hopkinson Smith - Staircase of the Bull, Rochester, Illustration for In Dickens's London (1914)

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ID: Bluesky thread by Nalo Hopkinson (@NaloHop.bsky.social) dated July 10, 2024 at 12:38pm EST:

Saga Press is removing a Neil Gaiman quote from digital publicity about Blackheart Man, my forthcoming novel. But the 1st run books that have it on the dust jacket were printed months ago & have been shipped. It won't be on subsequent printings.

Like many women, I've experienced sexual assault more than once. I didn't need to wake up last week to news that yet another powerful male colleague has been taking advantage of women in conditions where their consent is by definition compromised.

Actually consensual BDSM relationships happen all the time. This was not that.

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[mostlysignssomeportents]

Nalo Hopkinson’s “Blackheart Man”

I'm OFFLINE UNTIL MID-SEPTEMBER, but you can catch me in person at BURNING MAN! On TUESDAY (Aug 27) at 1PM, I'm giving a talk called "DISENSHITTIFY OR DIE!" at PALENQUE NORTE (7&E). On WEDNESDAY (Aug 28) at NOON, I'm doing a "Talking Caterpillar" Q&A at LIMINAL LABS (830&C).

In Blackheart Man, the new Nalo Hopkinson novel out today from Simon & Schuster, we get a tour-de-force from an author in full control of her prodigious powers: a story that will make you drunk on language, on worldbuilding, and on its roaring, relentless plot:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Blackheart-Man/Nalo-Hopkinson/9781668005101

The action is set on Chynchin, a fantastic Caribbean island(or maybe Caribbeanesque – it's never clear whether this is some magical, imaginary world, or some distant future of our own). Chynchin is a multiracial, creole land with a richly realized gift economy that Hopkinson deftly rounds out with a cuisine, languages, and familial arrangements. Blackheart Man boasts some of the finest "in-cluing" (Jo Walton's marvelous term for the way that sf/f writers can assemble a world in their readers' minds with subtle clues that act as a made-to-be-solved puzzle the reader delights in assembling) you could ask for, and before you know it, you've completely internalized this world, with its racial politics, its cultural institutions (like the colloquium, where every scholar is also a musician and getting your doctorate requires scoring a book to be sung – and thus memorized and preserved by a choir of your fellow students), and its relationships (the stable configuration is a thruple, with most women married to two co-husbands).

Chynchin was founded through a slave rebellion, in which the press-ganged soldiers of the iron-fisted Ymisen empire were defeated by three witches who caused them to be engulfed in tar that they magicked into a liquid state just long enough to entomb them, then magicked back into solidity. For generations, the Ymisen have tolerated Chynchin's self-rule, but as the story opens, a Ymisen armada sails into Chynchin's port and a "trade envoy" announces that it's time for the Chynchin to "voluntarily" re-establish trade with the Ymisen.

The story that unfolds is a staple of sf and fantasy: the scrappy resistance mounted against the evil empire, and this familiar backdrop is a sturdy scaffold to support Hopkinson's dizzying, phantasmagoric tale of psychedelic magic, possessed children, military intrigue, musicianship and sexual entanglements.

Hopkinson's protagonist Veycosi is the kind of flawed hero whom you want to give a hug to half the time, and whose neck you want to wring. An aspiring scholar, Veycosi has the brash certainty of youth, convinced that he's the smartest (and sexiest) man in any room, and he's right just often enough to encourage him in a series of self-inflicted catastrophes that build to a terrible crescendo that sets up one of the most satisfying endings you could ask for.

Hopkinson – a SFWA Grand Master and Macarthur Genius Grant awardee – is justly famed as one of the field's great afrofuturist pioneers. Her prodigious talent has been obvious since her debut novel, Brown Girl In the Ring, and her career is an unbroken string of literary feats that went from strength to strength. I've known her since we were both teenagers working at the same library in suburban Toronto, and I never cease to be dazzled by her talent, her wit, and her warmth. But even by those high standards, Blackheart Man is a triumph.

On SEPTEMBER 24th, I'll be speaking IN PERSON at the BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY!!

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/20/piche/#cynchin

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Mary Hopkinson

Artist: Studio of Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820)

Date: c. 1764

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, United States

Description

Mary Hopkinson was the wife of Dr. John Morgan, chief surgeon of the Continental army and founder of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. In a letter to his mother-in-law, Morgan praised his wife as “an excellent companion at all times... full of spirits.” In this portrait, Mary holds a mandolin, a fashionable instrument for aristocratic ladies. She wears a lavish pink satin gown with a sable collar and pearls that adorn her sleeves and hair. This outfit was not typical dress for colonial women, but was invented by the artist to conjure eighteenth-century European tastes for all things related to the “Orient.”

[uzumaki-rebellion]

My annual reminder to get into my girl Nalo Hopkinson's work, Carribean SF/F at its finest. Start with "Skin Folk" first which is her short story collection.

[theleoisallinthemind]

Ryan Hopkinson

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AUTHOR FEATURE:

﹒Nalo Hopkinson﹒

Six Books Written By this Author:

Brown Girl in the Ring

Midnight Robber

The Salt Roads

Skin Folk

Sister Mine

Blackheart Man

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Happy reading!

[foxyou-too]

Ryan Hopkinson

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Movies watched in 2024

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024, USA)

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar

Mini-review:

I loved the original Beetlejuice movie so much that I was kinda wary about this one, even after it became such a big hit. Having finally watched it, I'm left feeling somewhat indifferent. It's fun and short enough to never get boring, but it just doesn't reach the level of creativity and surprise that characterized the first one, nor is it as visually interesting. I don't know, at times it was kinda going through the motions and nothing more. The cast does deliver big time, with Catherine O'Hara stealing the spotlight thanks to her pitch perfect one-liner delivery. All in all, it was nice returning to this world for a while, even if it's not a particularly memorable experience.

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Hi Alex, I really loved Parkdale Haunt and now I'm really loving Woodbine, seriously you and Emily are geniuses, I listen to a lot of podcasts and yours are some of the most engaging and most well put together I've ever heard. Such a great blend of high concept events and down to earth character.

Its a bit late, but I do have a question, in Parkdale Haunt, was Lydia intended to be biphobic or was she just generally possessive and suspicious? I couldn't help but notice how whilst they were dating she always seemed hostile towards Owen and struggled to believe he and Judith were just good friends.

Any way thanks for making both shows, I'm looking forward to enjoying Woodbine for years to come.

<3 thank you! We are both blushing, hahaha (at least I am, I can't completely speak to Emily but I can tell you that she does appreciate it, hahaha). It always feels so good to hear that people love these things that we put so much of our time and selves into, what a treat.

I've always taken Lydia as someone who is possessive and unable to hide her jealousy. She's got a lot of issues bubbling up around relationships in general, but her frustrations around Owen are based in a general insecurity (like "Owen is a threat because they care about each other, which means Judith's attention isn't only on me"). Plus, Owen is Judith's partner-in-horrors through so much of the show, he's going to be a voice of reason, and you can't have a voice of reason whispering in her other ear now, can you?

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying Woodbine, we had a lot of fun making it and we're already starting our way into S2 prep. I'm real excited about what's to come, hahaha.

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[ireadyabooks]

World War II Close Up: They Saved the Stallions: Read an Excerpt

Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson deftly brings to life the thrilling true story of the desperate fight to save the world-famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna and its beloved Lipizzaner horses during World War II.

In the closing months of World War II, American bombs rained down on Nazi Germany and its territories, including Austria.

As glass shattered around them in Vienna, an ordinary-looking horse named Nero and his stable mates, the dancing white Lipizzaner stallions of the famed Spanish Riding School, quiver and shake in fear. But they do not panic. Somehow, they sense the school's director, dedicated horseman Alois Podhajsky, will do everything he can to keep them safe.

Yet Alois can't do it alone. And in the chaotic last days of the war, as their fate becomes more uncertain than ever, Nero will play a key role in helping Alois appeal for aid from an unlikely ally -- America.

But time is running out. It will take a daring band of American soldiers -- along with horse lovers from opposing sides -- to pull off a secret mission to save the Lipizzaners from certain destruction. United by their love of horses, these unsung heroes risked their lives to preserve the majesty of this rare breed for generations to come.

Join the ride as critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson brings to life the exhilarating true story of Operation Cowboy and the miraculous survival of the Spanish Riding School. Featuring rare family photos and told for the first time for young readers, They Saved the Stallions is bound to please every history fan and horse lover.

READ AN EXCERPT

World War II Close Up: They Saved the Stallions Excerpt by I Read YA on Scribd

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[sistahscifi]

If John Jennings loves it, you know it's got to be goooooooodt! Who else CANNOT wait to the newest short story anthology by Nalo Hopkinson?!?

Credit to @tachyonpub "A powerful and salient reminder of just how amazing a storyteller we are graced with in the form of Nalo Hopkinson! This carefully curated collection is a tapestry of Nalo's mastery and truly displays what a master of the form can do."

- John Jennings, New York Times bestselling author and Hugo Award Winning comics creator

https://sistahscifi.com/products/jamaica-ginger-and-other-concoctions-by-nalo-hopkinson

@nalohop @johnjenningsart

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Thomas Hopkinson

Artist: Robert Feke (American, c. 1707-c. 1751)

Date: 1746

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, United States

Artwork Description

Thomas Hopkinson wears a full-bottomed wig and a sword, and he stands before a balustrade and a grove of pruned cypresses. But these European props do not tell the whole story. Hopkinson was also an ambitious citizen of a new society interested in new discoveries. He studied law in England but carved out a career for himself in Philadelphia, where he attained the rank of judge and, when he was not in court, helped Benjamin Franklin in his experiments with electricity.