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• ix • Introduction (Dark Matter: Reading the Bones) • essay by Sheree R. Thomas
• 1 • ibo landing • (1998) • shortstory by ihsan bracy
• 7 • The Quality of Sand • shortstory by Cherene Sherrard
• 24 • Yahimba's Choice • [Dossouye] • shortstory by Charles R. Saunders
• 47 • The Glass Bottle Trick • (2000) • shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
• 61 • Desire • shortstory by Kiini Ibura Salaam
• 78 • Recovery from a Fall • shortstory by David Findlay
• 89 • Anansi Meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington • (2000) • shortstory by Douglas Kearney
• 91 • The Magical Negro • shortstory by Nnedi Okorafor [as byNnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
• 95 • Jesus Christ in Texas • (1920) • shortstory by W. E. B. Du Bois
• 105 • Will the Circle Be Unbroken? • (1974) • shortstory by Henry Dumas
• 111 • 'Cause Harlem Needs Heroes • shortstory by Kevin Brockenbrough
• 126 • Whipping Boy • shortstory by Pam Noles
• 150 • Old Flesh Song • shortstory by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
• 162 • Whispers in the Dark • (2001) • novelette by Walter Mosley
• 183 • Aftermoon • shortstory by Tananarive Due
• 197 • Voodoo Vincent and the Astrostoriograms • shortstory by Tyehimba Jess
• 214 • The Binary • shortstory by John Cooley
• 232 • BLACKout • shortstory by Jill Robinson
• 243 • Sweet Dreams • shortstory by Charles Johnson
• 249 • Buying Primo Time • shortstory by Wanda Coleman
• 256 • Corona • (1967) • shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
• 276 • Maggies • shortstory by Nisi Shawl
• 294 • Excerpt from Mindscape • shortstory by Andrea Hairston
• 314 • Trance • shortstory by Kalamu ya Salaam
• 349 • The Second Law of Thermodynamics • essay by Jewelle Gomez
• 369 • Her Pen Could Fly: Remembering Virginia Hamilton • essay by Nnedi Okorafor [as byNnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
• 375 • Celebrating the Alien: The Politics of Race and Species in the Juveniles of Andre Norton • essay by Carol Cooper