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1st Black owned book store in the US focused on Science Fiction and Fantasy as validated by the ABA
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Hey yall! We are Sistah Scifi, seeing this makes you an official Sistah Scifi Sibling!

We work hard to glow up Black and Indigenous Speculative Fiction creators, like @tananarivedue.bsky.social @nisishawl.bsky.social @littlebadger.bsky.social and @victorlavalle.bsky.social.

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Sistah Scifi
Sistah Scifi is the first Black owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States.
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🩵 Yesterday was Trans Day of Remembrance 🩷

We honor & remember trans lives lost to anti-trans violence & uplift trans voices in literature. Here are some amazing trans authors and their works you should know.

#SistahScifi #TDoR
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🌟 Legends & Legacies 🌟

Parable of the Talents (Octavia E. Butler)

Complete Butler’s masterpiece. Parable of the Talents joins Parable of the Sower in our vending machine.

📍 Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine at The Northwest African American Museum (www.naamnw.org).

#SistahScifi
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
✨Speculative Fiction on Tap✨

Chain-Gang All Stars

Nana Kwame’s Chain Gang All Stars is a fierce, unflinching story of survival & resistance.

📍 Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine inside The Northwest African American Museum & The Langston Hughes House.

#SistahScifi
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🌌 Happy Pub Day!🌌

Two new anthologies redefining Indigenous Futurism + Afrofuturism:

📖Beyond the Glittering World — 22 Indigenous voices reimagining love, resilience & rebellion.

📖Afrofuturism Short Stories — Black imagination across time & space.

💫Get yours now at sistahscifi.com.

#SistahScifi
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
✨ Our Día de los Muertos Book Pick: The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social! 👻

Día de los Muertos was last weekend, but we always have space & room to think about the ancestors.

📚 Snag your copy (if you dare) at www.sistahscifi.com or at your #locallibrary.

#SistahScifi
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Founder of Sistah Scifi, Isis Asare, joined Allison Mick, author of Humboldt Cut, at @sfomuseum.bsky.social's The Women of Afrofuturism exhibit.

🖤Allison Mick’s new title, Humboldt Cut, drops soon!

📚 Preorder your signed copy now at sistahscifi.com

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social

#SistahScifi #SFO
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🚀 Two new releases just dropped!

👑 The King Must Die by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, a gripping sci-fi tale of rebellion and survival.

😈 Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi, a steamy, supernatural romance set in the Black South.

📚 Grab both at sistahscifi.com

#SistahScifi #NewRelease #BlackSpecFic
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
📚 Your Friday Read 📚

Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower is as urgent today as when it was first written. A must-grab from our machine.

📍 Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine inside at Northwest African American Museum (NAAM)

#SistahScifi #NAAMSeattle #BookVendingMachine
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🎃✨ Sistah Scifi Halloween Reads ✨🎃

This Halloween, step into worlds where the veil between the living, the magical, and the revolutionary grows thin.

✨ Trick or treat yourself to a new read — available now at www.sistahscifi.com

#SistahScifi #BlackSpeculative #Afrofuturism #BlackFantasy
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
💫✨ We’re heading to GeekGirlCon! ✨💫

Join Sistah Scifi @geekgirlcon.bsky.social — where fandom, creativity, and community collide! 🎉

📍 Seattle, WA
📅 November 8 & 9, 2025
🔗 More info: geekgirlcon.com

#SistahScifi #GeekGirlCon #Afrofuturism #BlackFeministFutures #SpeculativeFiction
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
📦✨ Calling all Sistah Scifi Siblings! ✨📦

We need a few extra hands to help us at our next Sistah Scifi Fulfillment Party.

📅 Date: November 14, 2025
🕚Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT
📍 Oakland, CA at Oakstop (1721 Broadway)

🔗 Register here: sistahscifi.com/pages/events

#SistahScifi #BookFulfillment
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📚✨ #BookMail shoutout!

We love seeing A Ruin Great and Free by @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social💫

Thanks to @ceallaighsbooks for keeping the #CadwellTurnbullReadalong energy strong.

💥 Grab your copy (and books 1 & 2!) at Sistah Scifi, at www.sistahscifi.com.

#SistahScifi #Afrofuturism #SciFiReads
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🌍✨ Preorder Alert!

Afrofuturism Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) — edited by
@isisasare.bsky.social, with an introduction by Dr. Sandra M. Grayson and a foreword by @nisishawl.bsky.social — arrives November 11, 2025.

📖 Preorder your copy today: www.sistahscifi.com

#SistahScifi #Afrofuturism
October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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​Still buzzing from the "Feminist Futurism" panel at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art on how spec fiction is a vital tool for liberation. Huge thanks to Faith Adiele, @angeladalton.bsky.social, @charliejane.bsky.social, & @sistahscifi.bsky.social's Isis Asare for an amazing talk. Audience Q&A was 🔥!
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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What a fantastic initiative! 🎉 Sistah Scifi is such an inspiring space for SFF! 🌈 Let's uplift diverse voices in our genre! #SupportBlackAuthors #SFFCommunity 💖📚
🌟✨ Amazing Review Alert from @SocialJusticeChildrensBookFair. Thank you for choosing us!🤗

Partner with Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on SFF, to grow your author presence online.

👉 Ready to level up your author platform? Visit sistahscifi.com/pages/sistah... to learn more!
October 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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📚 Sistah Scifi (@sistahscifi.bsky.social) – The first Black-owned sci-fi and fantasy bookstore uplifting Black and Indigenous voices.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I'm discussing my haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance, w/cohost @veronicaghenry.bsky.social author on Oct 29 for @sistahscifi.bsky.social Wine Down Wednesday.

Expect Gothic magic and Southern folklore - wine optional!
Join us on the edge of the veil. 👻

sistahscifi.com/pages/events
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨 Fresh From the Machine 🚨

Speculation by Nisi Shawl

Bold, brilliant, and inventive — Nisi Shawl’s Speculation is ready to spark your weekend reading.

📍 Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine inside the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) & Chapter510.

#SistahScifi #NisiShawl
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🦇✨ Join us for a chilling conversation! ✨🦇

On Oct 29, 2025, author Eden Royce discusses her haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance.

📅 Check out all Sistah Scifi events here: sistahscifi.com/pages/events

#TorDotComPub

#SistahScifi #EdenRoyce #PsychopompAndCircumstance #VeronicaGHenry
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🌍✨ EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality ✨🌍

Join us + People's Kitchen Collective + Voices Rising LGBTQ of Color Arts & Culture for a 2-part celebration of Octavia E. Butler’s visionary legacy.

📍Seattle | 🎟️ FREE | 🔗 www.voicesrisingseattle.org/events/2025/...

#SistahScifi
October 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🚨 Preorder Alert! 🚨

From USA TODAY bestselling author @kashinggiwa.bsky.social (The Splinter in the Sky) comes The King Must Die.

👉Preorder your copy SIGNED today: sistahscifi.com or request from your #locallibrary.

@sagapressbooks.bsky.social

#SistahScifi #KemiAshingGiwa #TheKingMustDie
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📣 Speaking Engagement Alert!

We’re excited to share that Sistah Scifi founder
@isisasare.bsky.social will be joining Oakstop this week for a panel discussion on AI for Small Businesses.

🔗https://oaklandchamber.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/20795

#SistahScifi #Oakstop
October 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
✨ Introducing the new Sistah Scifi Logo Shirt! ✨

You asked. We listened. The wait is finally over.

🌌 Wear it proudly. Share the vision. Live the future.

🖤 Available now at sistahscifi.com

#SistahScifi #Afrofuturism #IndigenousFuturism #BlackSpeculativeFiction
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🦇✨ Pub Day Magic! ✨🦇

We’re celebrating three new releases:

📖 Psychopomp & Circumstance by
@edenroyce.bsky.social, Our Vicious Descent by Hayley Dennings and Futility by Nuzo Onoh.

📚 Get at sistahscifi.com or your #locallibrary!

#SistahScifi #PubDay #Afrofuturism #NewBooks #Afrofuturism
Sistah Scifi
Sistah Scifi is the first Black owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM