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Jenna Hanchey

Jenna Hanchey has been an actress, physics major, and afterschool-space-program teacher. She is currently an assistant professor of critical/cultural communication who writes about neocolonialism in aid to Africa, and how Africanfuturism reimagines logics of development. She's not sure what she'll be next. But publishing her first piece of fiction here in Daily Science Fiction is a good start! If you're interested in following along with her academic work, fiction, or art, check out jennahanchey.com.

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We Found Ourselves Beyond the Vanishing Wave

We meticulously planned the journey. Bolstering defenses and collecting supplies--hacked servers and siphoned-off energy, code that would be unbreakable without us. Little by little, we snuck away from our duties to build a framework here, a firewall there. Until it began to…

Far From Home

We knew it was war. When they arrived, sleek and silver, streaming across the night sky. At least, here in the US we did. That's what matters. We figured out what to do from watching films. How to save the world. We shot them down as they approached. We protected our cities. We…

Boughs of Holly

She hovered over the deep green leaves before deftly pricking her finger on a spiked edge. Turning it over, she found only emptiness where blood once welled. Sighing, she lifted the heavy sack and continued her ordeal. She had known, before, why the leaves were so important,…