Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories
Foreword by E.C. Osondu
Intro by Betsy Huang
Tales from writers with Latinx, Caribbean, Asian, African, Arabic, North American, East European origins, and more, challenge the reader with stories that spill out into space, parallel realms or just hidden in plain sight. The stories explore the world from the perspective of the incoming, whether necessitated through war or oppression, financial or familial need, or with hope for a better future, examining visions of displacement and relocation in future and speculative settings.
Point of Entry
In ‘Point of Entry’ Bebe Bayliss makes great use of science fiction to dramatize the confounding facets of the immigration system and provokes deeper examinations of the instruments and mechanisms devised by the state to determine who is worthy of entry.
Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories combines new tales from submissions, complemented by selected contemporary and modern stories, set in future, interstellar, fantastical and alternative realities, with a foundation of older, realist narratives exploring the plights and adventures of immigrants.
In a Q&A, modern authors from the book described the various inspirations behind their included story.