@booklet {11207, title = {Antonia and the Stranger Who Came to Rancho Los Feliz{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Speculative Los Angeles}, year = {2021}, month = {2021}, pages = {21-39}, publisher = {Akashic Books}, address = {Brooklyn, NY}, abstract = {

Alternative history set in the early 19th century in Alta California, a free (no slavery or discrimination) country between the United States and Mexico that has a flourishing agricultural economy. The story concerns a man who suddenly appears, serious hurt, who comes through a portal from a different, future Los Angeles experiencing can unlivable environment and extreme violence.

}, keywords = {Female author, US author}, isbn = {9781617758645}, author = {Lisa Morton (b. 1958)}, editor = {Denise Hamilton} } @booklet {11211, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Garbo on the Skids{\textquotedblright} }, howpublished = {Speculative Los Angeles}, year = {2021}, month = {2021}, pages = {269-82}, publisher = {Akashic Books}, address = {Brooklyn, NY}, abstract = {

The Skids are an area of downtown Los Angeles that has been walled off to contain the poor, homeless, addicts, and petty criminals.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, isbn = {9781617758645}, author = {A. G Lombardo}, editor = {Denise Hamilton} } @booklet {11208, title = {"If Memory Serves"}, howpublished = {Speculative Los Angeles}, year = {2021}, month = {2021}, pages = {134-64}, publisher = {Akashic Books}, address = {Brooklyn, NY}, abstract = {

In the story, the protagonist tries to remember the Los Angeles she grew up in, a time when the divide between rich and poor had not been as strong as had become, when she could actually visit the beach. when people were not constantly being evicted from buildings with shared bathrooms and kitchens so that a more housing for the rich could be built, and when she and others could get a regular job instead of depending on the unreliable gig economy.

}, keywords = {African American author, Female author}, isbn = {9781617758645 }, author = {Lynell George}, editor = {Denise Hamilton} } @booklet {11209, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Jaguar{\textquoteright}s Breath{\textquotedblright} }, howpublished = {Speculative Los Angeles}, year = {2021}, month = {2021}, pages = {242-58}, publisher = {Akashic Books}, address = {Brooklyn, NY}, abstract = {

The story begins with Los Angeles devastated by a huge earthquake, which becomes the excuse for a far-right takeover and the elimination of ethnic and other minorities and is told by a member of a guerilla band fighting back.

}, keywords = {Chicano author, Male author}, isbn = {9781617758645 }, author = {Luis J[avier] Rodriguez (b. 1954)}, editor = {Denise Hamilton} } @booklet {11210, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Sailing That Beautiful Sea{\textquotedblright} }, howpublished = {Speculative Los Angeles}, year = {2021}, month = {2021}, pages = {283-301}, publisher = {Akashic Books}, address = {Brooklyn, NY}, abstract = {

A last person story in which a series of pandemics have eliminated the human race and most other life is dying out cared for by Bots, who are filling museums with all that remains.

}, keywords = {Female author, US author}, isbn = {9781617758645 }, author = {Kathleen Kaufman}, editor = {Denise Hamilton} }