Enter to win Orbital Bebop!

Enter to win Orbital Bebop!. To enter the contest, fill out the form below between Tuesday, April 14, and Tuesday, May 5. Entrants are limited to US residents only and must be at least 18 years old.

In orbital Bebop A young black lesbian activist reclaims land from a greedy billionaire but struggles to hold peace against a rise of fear-based security culture and a toothache that seems whisper to her. An alien intelligence marvels at the human form, then horrifies at the ugly human condition underneath it. When two childhood friends reunite on different sides of a lunar corporate hierarchy, romance and possibly something more blooms. On Mars, a birthday party is ruined by an interstellar decree yet somehow saved by a tantric sexual experience. In Saturn's orbit a black lesbian scientist trains for interdimensional travel while yearning for a woman she's never met but half-remembers. On the cusp of the Year 3000 millennium a group of dirty clones find community and forgiveness, but at a cost. Orbital Bebop spans both the solar system and the human race in plotting out how societal ills on Earth travel with us while also offering the seeds for how humanity can redeem and heal itself.

Orbital Bebop is a fascinating glimpse into a potential future we might yet avoid, but is hard to dismiss outright. As billionaires continue to make plans to colonize the stars, what will happen to the rest of us? Orbital Bebop provides us with a possible answer. It is a thrilling read and a masterful display of storytelling.
- David J. Peterson
A Thrilling and Thought-Provoking Vision of Our Future

"Reuben Tihi Hayslett has seen the future and it is Resistance! Whatever planet we land on queer people of colour will be yearning for love and fighting the power with fire and panache." - Jewelle Gomez, The Gilda Stories
- Jewelle Gomez
Reknown author of The Gilda Stories

Orbital Bebop is an absolutely timely work of fiction. Unabashedly radical and queer, set against a dystopian backdrop, these characters are an exploration of what solidarity and resistance could be.
- Sarah Calvarese
A Radical and Urgently Relevant Dystopian Vision

Having built a career at the vibrant intersection of storytelling, activism, and imagination, Reuben "Tihi" Hayslett's debut collection, "Dark Corners," was named Best Fiction of 2019 by Kirkus, signaling an artist unafraid to probe the strange, the tender, and the politically charged.

Hayslett serves as Executive Director of the Center for Story-based Strategy, where he helps organizers harness narrative power in the service of social change. That dual commitment to imagination and justice reaches new heights in his forthcoming book, "Orbital Bebop," a kaleidoscopic collection of speculative tales that leap from Earth to the edges of the solar system. Through Black queer protagonists, alien intelligences, lunar reunions, Martian crises, and interdimensional yearning, Hayslett explores how humanity's wounds and its possibilities follow us wherever we go.

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