R.S.A. Garcia

R.S.A. is a writer of speculative fiction and a Sturgeon, Nebula and IGNYTE Award finalist.
Her Amazon Bestselling science fiction mystery, Lex Talionis, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and the Silver Medal for Best Scifi/Fantasy/Horror Ebook from the Independent Publishers Awards (2015).
She has published short fiction in magazines such as Clarkesworld Magazine, Escape Pod, Strange Horizons and Internazionale Magazine. Her stories have been translated into several languages, and have appeared in a number of anthologies, including the critically acclaimed The Best of World SF: Volume 1, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4, The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 5 and Sunspot Jungle: Volume 2. Her work has also been long-listed for the Locus Awards and the British Science Fiction Awards.
She lives in Trinidad and Tobago with an extended family and too many cats.

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Caribbean Futurisms

May 13, 2023 9:00 am to 10:00 am

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Panelists: Glenn Parris, Premee Mohamed, R.S.A. Garcia and E.G. Condé (moderator)
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What is the future of the Caribbean? What kinds of futures are Caribbean writers imagining from the rich, complicated history of archipelagoes they call home? How are the African, European, Asian, and Indigenous aspects of Caribbean history, identity, and heritage incorporated in the stories and worlds of Caribbean creators? In this panel, we celebrate Caribbean writers and discuss the promise, challenges, and politics of speculative fiction set in or inspired by the Caribbean. We use an inclusive definition of the Caribbean to include everyone from indigenous peoples like the Kalinago, Taíno, Ciguayo, Guanahatabey, and Garifuna, to diasporic African peoples like the Yoruba, migrants from South and East Asia, and the European powers that colonized the region. Topics discussed include the race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and the legacies of past and ongoing colonialisms in the region.

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Trauma and Time Travel

May 13, 2023 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

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Panelists: Curtis C. Chen, Katrina Archer, R.S.A. Garcia, Samantha Mills and Joshua Bellin (moderator)
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In an era of mass shootings, violence by law enforcement, rising rates of suicide among young people, and other crises, issues of trauma and PTSD loom large. Time travel, a mainstay of speculative fiction for more than a century, can offer insight into and reflection on key aspects of trauma, such as bodily dissociation and perseverative memory. Members of the SFWA community discuss the roles sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and related genres play in conversations about trauma and PTSD.

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