Butler’s anthology of short stories, “Bloodchild” was awarded the Hugo, Locus & the Nebula awards; “Speech Sounds” was awarded the Hugo Award; In “The Book of Martha” which asks: What would you do if God granted you the ability & responsibility to save humanity from itself? Butler’s “Amnesty” is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense & co-dependent relationship between humans & a species of invaders that has taken over Earth’s desert areas. “Near of Kin,” her only non-science fiction tale, relates a discussion between a girl & her uncle after her mother has passed.