How Long 'Til Black Future Month?: Stories

"Let’s say you’ve read everything N.K. Jemisin ever wrote (ME) and you can’t face the wait for her next series (ALSO ME). Luckily, there’s How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?, which collects her powerful short fiction. Special notice goes to the Hugo Award-nominated story “The City Born Great,” which imagines a young homeless man in Manhattan who becomes the living avatar of his city and does battle against eldritch horrors. And if you, like me, have raged and shaken your fist at the false choice presented in Ursula K. Le Guin’s famed “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” Jemisin’s “The Ones Who Stay And Fight” is a welcome retort."