“Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story”

Year for Search
2021
Secondary Title
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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The story is set in the area that used to be Florida and the islands of the Caribbean, most of which is now under water. The protagonist is a young woman living in one of the communities on rafts that scavenge for anything useable or that can be repurposed.

Volume / Edition
141/5/6
Pagination
6-31
Published Date

November/December 2021

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ISSN Number
00024-984X
ISBN Number
978-0-358-69012-2
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2021 Hopkinson, [Noelle] Nalo (b. 1960). “Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 141.5/6 (November-December 2021): 6-31. Rpt. in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy™ 2022. Ed Rebecca Roanhorse. Series ed. John Joseph Adams (New York/Boston, MA: Mariner Books/HarperCollins, 2022), 110-135; in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022. Ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki; Eugen Bacon, and Milton Davis (Np: Caezik SF & Fantasy in partnership with O.D. Ekpeki Presents, 2023), 51-76; and in her Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions (San Francisco, CA: Tachyon, 2024), 47-82. PSt

The story is set in the area that used to be Florida and the islands of the Caribbean, most of which is now under water. The protagonist is a young woman living in one of the communities on rafts that scavenge for anything useable or that can be repurposed. The female author was born in Jamaica and grew up in Guyana and Trinidad, spent many years in Canada, taught at the University of California, Riverside, and in 2021 became a Professor in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

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Rpt. in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy™ 2022. Ed Rebecca Roanhorse. Series ed. John Joseph Adams (New York/Boston, MA: Mariner Books/HarperCollins, 2022), 110-135; in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022. Ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki; Eugen Bacon, and Milton Davis (Np: Caezik SF & Fantasy in partnership with O.D. Ekpeki Presents, 2023), 51-76; and in her Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions (San Francisco, CA: Tachyon, 2024), 47-82.  

Author Note

The female author (b. 1960) was born in Jamaica and grew up in Guyana and Trinidad, spent many years in Canada, taught at the University of California, Riverside, and in 2021 became a Professor in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.