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= Darcie Little Badger = Darcie Little Badger is a woman who is part of the Lipan Apache tribe of Texas. She goes by either Darcie or DLB, and uses the pronouns she, her, and hers. Darcie was born in Morris, Minnesota in 1987, but has moved a lot since then. She has lived in Malaysia, Iowa, Vermont, Texas, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. Darcie graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geosciences from Princeton University and was the recipient of the Arthur F. Buddington Award for Overall Excellence, an award part of Princeton University's Geosciences department. She also graduated with a PHD in Oceanography from Texas A&M University, where she was the recipient of the Ford Dissertation Fellowship and the Chapman Award for Graduate Student Research. Currently, Darcie works as an earth scientist, supernatural horror writer, and scientific editor. She mainly writes comics, blogs, and journal articles. Darcie's work is listed in many recommended reading journals. Her work is featured and she is mentioned in a variety of journals such as Cicada, Locus , and Publisher's Weekly. Darcie was also recognized as the 2012 South Texas Indian Dancer Pow Wow princess.

Indigenous Futurisms
The Indigenous Futurisms movement is a movement consisting of art, literature, and other media which express Indigenous elements. It is comparable to science fiction, but includes ties of past, present, and future Indigenous ways of knowing. Darcie's work is considered part of this movement. Her stories and comics commonly include the topics of settler colonialism and standout queer women characters in an Indigenous Futurism style. Other writers began to write in this style and considered Darcie a big part of this movement. Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Trail of Lighting, credited Darcie as a fellow Indigenous Futurism writer. She believes that normal writing and science fiction writing never contains any Indigenous elements, and if it does, it does not specify what tribe it is referring to. In Darcie's writing, she uses the Indigenous Futurism style and creates a supernatural and comic feel to tell stories of different Native American Tribes. She explains how the Indigenous Futurism movement shined light on all Native Americans, and "it recognizes and celebrates our persistence".

Strangelands
One of the main works of short fiction Darcie is currently working on is the comic series Strangelands. Darcie is the co-writer of Strangelands, which is an ongoing comic series from "Humanoids". She writes this comic series with her friend Mags Visaggio. Strangelands is the ongoing story of two unrelated people who gain powers that cause mass destruction when they get separated. The characters go through challenges in the comic and their greatest challenge is to stay together, even if there are consequences such as literally tearing the world apart. This comic is written in the Indigenous Futurism style, and has elements of humor, horror, and action.