Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

What if every white person in America, suddenly and inexplicably, took their own life.

Imagine, if you will, a new America.

A country where people are happy, tolerant, fulfilled and striving for a better tomorrow. A country where people no longer fear being persecuted, marginalised, or being killed “accidentally” by the police.

Imagine, if you will, a new America — where every single white person has committed suicide, leaving people of colour to remake the country into one of their choosing.

Sky Full of Elephants

Yup, pretty provocative stuff …

The story (loosely) follows the new beginnings of Charlie Brunton — released from prison after serving twenty years after being falsely accused of rape, into a United States where (almost) every white person has walked into the nearest body of water and drowned.

Charlie is working as an engineering lecturer at Howard University, when he gets a phone call from Sidney, the daughter he didn’t know existed.

Sidney needs his help: she wants to head south to Alabama — where she’ll find the last enclave of white people left in the country.

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Every Version of You by Grace Chan

One word for this one: stunning.

A poetic, imaginative science-fiction drama that’s less about the science and more about the people — specifically, Tao-Yi and her small group of closely-knit friends.

Every Version of You

The story begins in future, where, unsurprisingly, the majority of the planet spends far too much time in Gaia: a virtual reality which provides an idyllic environment that’s far removed from a planet choking from pollution, global warming and the kind of environmental damage that is as terrifying as it is inevitable.

Tao-Yi spends most of her waking hours submerged in a Nuegel tank which provides the sensory feedback for the denizens of Gaia that makes it as close to real life as is humanly possible.

But there’s always room for improvement. …

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