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Charles R. Knight (American, 1874-1953)

Though his depictions of the postures of these ancient animals are now dated, Charles R. Knight’s portrayals of prehistoric creatures are fondly remembered as a child looking at the murals behind the skeletons in the museums.

Through his many sculptures, book illustrations and museum murals, Knight influenced the way generations of Americans perceived the ancient world. Born in Brooklyn and educated at the Polytechnic Institute, Knight studied at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Students League before beginning a life-long career in the service of natural history. His mentor in paleontology was Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897), Curator of Paleontology at The Academy of Natural Sciences, who helped Knight envision prehistoric creatures as living organisms with many of the same behaviors as their modern counterparts.

Brontosaurus (now known as Apatasaurus) - 1897 

Leaping Laelaps - 1897

Agathaumus - 1897

Tylosaurus - 1899

Anatotitan - 1905

Elasmosaurus - 1909

Stegosaurus - 1912

Tyrannosaurus confronts a family of Triceratops - 1919

Nesting Protoceratops - 1925

T. Rex Confronts Triceratops - 1927

2043…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) (Black Stars)

Five miles off the South Carolina coast, Darden and Catherina are getting their promised forty acres, all of it undersea. Like every Black “mer,” they’ve been experimentally modified to adapt to their new subaquatic home—and have met with extreme resistance from white supremacists. Darden has an inspired plan for resolution. For both those on land and the webbed bottom-dwellers below, Darden is hoping to change the wave of the future.

Nisi Shawl’s 2043 … (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.

by Nisi Shawl

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Nisi Shawl is the award-winning author of Everfair and numerous short stories, which have appeared in such publications as Strange Horizons and Asimov’s Science Fiction, among many others. Last year, Nisi won the World Fantasy Award, the FIYAH Magazine IGNYTE Award, the British Fantasy Award, two Locus Awards, and the Brave New Words Award from Starburst magazine. .

Going green.

*fresh off committing cold-blooded murder*

Anakin: "I shouldn't have done that; it's not the Jedi way."

Palpatine: "He was too dangerous to be left alive."

First attempt at an Animorphs battle scene for todays warm-up~