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Author: Nicole Givens Kurtz

Does Cyberpunk have a race issue?

I love cyberpunk and I love thrillers, mysteries, and noir. Thankfully, these genres seem to blend very well together and I’m provided content that supports my addiction ahem interest. The content ranges from films, books, tv shows, anime, comics, manga, and webtoons. As a writer of cyberpunk noir, I am often amazed at how, well,…

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Character Playlist: Cybil Lewis

Cybil’s CyberFUNK Playlist             Music and books have been my refuge from the world’s awfulness since I was a young girl. One of my favorite cyberpunk anime is Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C,, but before that I loved Cowboy Bebop. The opening song for Cowboy Bebop is “Tank”, a jazzy and lively song that embodies…

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October is Black Speculative Fiction Month

It isn’t news that books by African Americans are published less often than other demographics. According to the Lee & Low Diversity Baseline Survey [2023], only 5.3% of published authors are Black. The Cooperative Children’s Center (CCBC) reported 15% of books by and/or about Black people in 2024. The number of those that fall in…

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The Power of Empathy and How to Avoid the Dark Side

The Power of Empathy and How to Avoid the Dark Side

Science Fiction and Mystery

“I really don’t know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it!”—Robert B. Parker This is the Shenanigators blog and we love all things science fiction, fandoms and speculative fiction in general. You may be wondering why the title of…

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The Power of Words

            Today’s article will focus on words. Yes, words. The spotlight will land on the value and impact of words. With the explosion of social media, it seems as if we, as a country, as human beings in the U.S. have lost the understanding of the true treasure of words. There’s a saying that when…

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Finding the Spark in the Darkness

There’s no mistaken it. Things are pretty dark for those of us in the United States. Bleaker still for Black and Brown people. With the rise of prices, the rise of fascism, the rise of blatant hatred, to the death of our heroes to the seemingly endless names of state-sanctioned kidnappings of brown and Black…

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