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Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
“Like I said already, I hunt monsters. And I got a sword that sings.” Ring Shout is an action-driven historical novella that combines horror with the kind of anime that have magical swords & monsters-posing-as-humans in them. The story takes place in Georgia during the 1920s and follows a group of black women who hunt…
1920s, 1st pov, 20th century, 3 STARS, action, adventure, alternate history, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Black & Black heritage authors, f/f side, FANTASY, georgia, HISTORICAL FICTION, HORROR, lgbtq+ side, MAGIC, magical swords, male authors, monsters, netgalley, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, P. Djèlí Clark, PARANORMAL, published in 2020, queer side characters, RACE, read in 2020, Ring Shout, social issues, URBAN FANTASY -
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
This is the third novella I’ve read by P. Djèlí Clark and once again I find myself loving his building but not his story or characters. This novella is set in an alternate 1912 Cairo where djinns and angels are the norm. world happens to be the home to djinns Egypt, . In an alternate…
1910s, 20th century, 3rd pov, A Dead Djinn, Adult, adventure, alternate history, AMERICAN AUTHOR, American History, Black & Black heritage authors, Cairo, DETECTIVE, Djinn, egypt, FANTASY, HISTORICAL FICTION, lgbtq+, male authors, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, P. Djèlí Clark, published in 2016, queer, read in 2020, SPECULATIVE FICTION, STEAMPUNK, URBAN FANTASY
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