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A masterclass in the novella; body horror and racism collide.

Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark

February 7, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 4 Comments

We know that the people who join the Ku Klux Klan are monsters. Average people who act in monstrous, horrible ways. But what if some of the Klan members were actual monsters? Giant, hulking, dog-like beasts that want to consume and destroy Black people? Such is the premise of Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark. Maryse, a Black woman, hunts these monsters in Prohibition America with the help of her magical sword infused with the anger, pain, and despair of Black men and women of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: body horror, gullah, lgbt, monsters, novella, P. Djèlí Clark, prohibition, Racism, Ring Shout, stone mountain, the birth of a nation

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: body horror, gullah, lgbt, monsters, novella, P. Djèlí Clark, prohibition, Racism, Ring Shout, stone mountain, the birth of a nation ·
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