Chicanonautica: Xicanx Futurism is Coming!

by Ernest Hogan

Just in time for the mass deportations, from the official Instagram announcement:

 

Riot of Roses Publishing House is proud to announce the acquisition of XICANX FUTURISM: GRITOS FOR A FUTURE, edited by Scott Russell Duncan. Coming 2025!

 

XICANAX FUTURISM features the writing of over 30 Xicanx writers and artists. Thank you to each of the contributors for trusting us with your work. Our art is our resistance.

 

What is Xicana Futurism? It’s the Chicano sci-fi stuff that I’ve been doing for decades–Xicanx is also a science fiction state of being–extended beyond the traditional borders of the genre, reaching into the genre and pop culture. We are new life and new civilization, boldly going where nobody ain’t ever been before. La Cultura of tomorrow–should that be manaña?

 

Only this manaña is here and now!

 

Along with a drawing by me, there will be a new adventure of Paco Cohen, Martian Mariachi: “A Wild and Woolly Road Trip on Mars” that takes place on a Red Planet that Elon Musk wouldn’t dare dream of.

 

It gets me thinking that I should look over the rest of the Paco stories, and write what I need to fill the gaps to make them into a novel. I should really do it. I ain’t getting any younger, you know . . .

 

Meanwhile, Xicanx Futurism: Gritos for a Future will inspire you to run amok and create a Xicanx future no matter what anybody who’s taking over the government thinks.

 

Hope it gets here before we all get deported or something . . .

 

Ernest Hogan is guilty of writing Guerrilla Mural of a Siren’s Song: 15 Gonzo Science Fiction Stories, which includes “Uno! Dos! One-Two! Tres! Cuatro!” that was inspired by the current occupant of the White House.