RING SHOUT SATURN is book two— the follow up to her excellent collection MOJORHYTHM— of the the three book The Root and Sky Series of short stories.
“Thomas renders the oral tradition of storytelling into stunning prose, effortlessly capturing the feel of performance. The words spring off the page and dance. I hear the rhythm and music of each narrator; I feel the physical power of her tall tales and sly mysteries; I smell and taste the world that she conjures." — Andrea Hairston, Tiptree Award Winner, Philip K. Dick Award Finalist
Sheree Renée Thomas’s electrifying collection, transports readers on a cosmic journey where ancient African Diasporic wisdom meets expansive Afrofuturist visions. From a prophet building a starship from salvaged dreams on a Martian farm to children breaking generational curses through powerful moonsongs, these tales explore themes of transformation, survival, and the enduring quest for liberation. Alien sisters navigate human complexities and river spirits offer profound wisdom, all set to an ancient beat that transcends time and space. Pulsing with Hoodoo, music, and myth, this collection resonates with the profound rhythms of existence, proving that true freedom knows no bounds—not even the cold void of space.
Author:
Sheree Renée Thomas is a twice Hugo Award nominated, Locus Award, and three-time World Fantasy Award-winner. Her work is widely anthologized and appears in The Big Book of Modern Fantasy. The author of four collections, including Mojorhythm, Nine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future, Sleeping Under the Tree of Life, and Shotgun Lullabies. Sheree is a co-editor for Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Trouble the Waters: Tales of the Deep Blue, and is the editor of the groundbreaking Dark Matter speculative fiction anthologies that first introduced W.E.B. Du Bois’s work as science fiction and explored 165+ years of Black Speculative Fiction. In 2023 she was honored with the Octavia E. Butler Award. She is the editor of The Magazine of Fantasy of Science Fiction and associate editor of Obsidian. Her collaboration with artist Janelle Monáe on the “Timebox Altar(ed)” novelet appears in The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer (HarperVoyager), a New York Times bestseller. Sheree is a Marvel writer, including the novel, Black Panther: Panther’s Rage (Titan/Penguin Random House), an adaptation of Don McGregor’s legendary graphic novel, and her comic book debut, “The World Is Not Ready” featuring the Black Panther and Storm appears in Marvel Voices: Legends #1 (January 31, 2024). She lives in her hometown, Memphis, Tennessee near a mighty river and a pyramid.
