Terese Mason Pierre, "As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories" (Spiderline, 2025)

About this episode

Hollay Ghadery interviews Terese Mason Pierre about her anthology of Black Canadian speculative stories.

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with editor, poet, and author, Terese Mason Pierre about As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories (Spiderline, 2025). A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy. Edited by esteemed poet Terese Mason Pierre, this bold and innovative anthology of speculative short fiction reveals and uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reveries, reflections, experiments, and hopes of Black writers in Canada. A masseuse attends her mother's fourth funeral, only to encounter family she's never met. A postdoc instructor navigates an almost-life in an Elsewhere realm of safety and comfort. After societal collapse, an immigrant leaves her precarious station, and her memories, behind. A woman isolating from a new virus starts hallucinating. A young nanny accepts a job with a peculiar employer in search of immortality. A medium is tasked with summoning a spirit that hits too close to home. And two teenagers test a friendship over magic carpet flying practice. These ten breathtaking stories explore natural and urban landscapes, living and dead…

People in this episode

Host: Hollay Ghadery

Guest: Terese Mason Pierre

Topics covered

• Black Canadian literature
• speculative fiction
• anthology
• identity
• futurity
• joy

Keywords

• Black Canadian writers
• speculative stories
• anthology
• futurity
• joy
• short fiction
• imaginings
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spiderline

Books & works: As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories

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