Speculative Fiction
A speculative tale of a post-apocalyptic America after a mysterious event, exploring identity, healing, and Black experience.
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A speculative tale of a post-apocalyptic America after a mysterious event, exploring identity, healing, and Black experience.
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One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served his time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he’s now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn’t even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family. Traumatized by the ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor sexual content; brief mentions, not explicit or central. To off-page sexual assault; not detailed.
Violence & gore
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Minor violence; implied events like mass drowning, not graphic.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
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Minor religious themes; some critique of Christianity, not central.
Magic & witchcraft
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Minor spiritual elements; African-Haitian spirituality referenced.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Major social messaging on race, privilege, and Black identity in America.
Self-harm / suicide
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Minor reference to suicide; brief mention on one page.
Abuse & suffering
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Moderate themes of systemic suffering and historical oppression. To off-page sexual assault; not detailed.
Other
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