From underwater cities to outlawed magic, lunar missions to haunted houses, emerging and established Black women writers conjure strange wonders, eerie encounters, and futures beyond our reach. A Black girl from a family of cannibals discovers a dangerous kind of love. A Georgia town loses trust in its crematory when bodies begin to pile up. A woman time jumps through her own life. Estranged sisters must reconcile their lifelong feud as their father’s house mysteriously floods. A Haitian mother faces an unthinkable choice. In a city where magic is outlawed, a woman crafts handmade worlds and risks everything to save a teenage girl trapped inside one. High school students navigate the ghosts of an extinct settlement. A new mother, tormented by whispers in the forest and shadows that move on their own, realizes something sinister has taken root in her home. A food delivery worker’s side hustle unravels into terror. A grieving young woman is chosen to descend into the drowned city beneath her Michigan town. While waiting for a train, another realizes she may not be as alone as she thinks. An astronaut embarks on a lunar mission as Earth deteriorates. A mother realizes the miracle baby returned to her may not be her son at all—or is he? …and more stories. Contributors include: Rafeeat Aliyu, Charity Ben, Ursa Blair, Verlishia Clay, Tenijah Hamilton, Ann Michelle Harris, Philippa Hatendi-Louiceus, Amanda Helms, Asia Lavay, Lina Munroe, Dinkinish O'Connor, Shanae M. Pruitt, R.R. Setari, Briana Wilvert, Desiree Winns, and LaVoya "V" Woods.