Devotion in the Open Air by Chyina Powell
Devotion in the Open Air by Chyina Powell
English | 2025 | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Within the pages of Devotion In The Open Air you’ll find eighteen stories written by women of color from all walks of life that embrace the beauty in the everyday with speculative tales to bring you out of the fast-paced chaos of real life, immersing you in something much more contented.
This collection of stories delivers relaxed takes on life’s real issues such as family trauma, discovering identity, and healing from a past that would rather be forgotten. While all the stories are speculative and low-stakes they are vastly different. Some ask the reader to imagine a world only slightly different from our own while others take you to a new universe entirely. Yet each one invites you to have a seat, pull up a chair, and breathe.
Includes:
Ministry of Moss by Kionna Walker LeMalle
Collecting Dragonflies by
Stefanie Contreras
Don’t Look Under the Bed by Chere Taylor
Naija Babylon by Molara Wood
Subbed Out by Sandhya Singh
Sunna’s Eclipse by L. Nabang
The Sacred in the Mirth by Amena Jamali
Mother, Ghost, Bride by Audris Candra
Dova by Kay Mabasa
Birds of Sky, Shadows of Earth by Carla E. Dash
The Secret Keeper by Marie Sinadjan
The Wish of a Tree by Veronica Faline
Tale of the Moon by Huang Chen
Red Dancing Shoes by Joti Bilkhu
The Autochthon by T. H. Yuan
The Familiar’s Gambit by Maggie H.
Horro and the Mirrimit by M. M. Sahoo
Dear Ekemini by Winifred Òdúnóku
