P. Djèlí Clark
Ring Shout

Ring Shout

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Series: 21 novellas

When Beth recommended this in a Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club discussion thread, my husband Will happened to be logged in and added it to his TBR right away. The horror genre isn't my jam, but when Beth compared this to Sarah Gailey and Ralph Ellison, it piqued my interest, too. Described as "dark historical fantasy," this novella takes place in Prohibition Georgia, where the Ku Klux Klan members literally become demons after watching The Birth of a Nation. Bootlegger Maryse Boudreaux and a motley crew of fighters set out to save the world from this hellish nightmare come to life.

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A Master of Djinn

A Master of Djinn

From Shannan: I've become a P. Djèlí Clark completist, and this is his first full-length novel that dives into an alternate history that places Egypt as a major superpower in the world, with Cairo a major city on par with London and Paris. It follows Agent Fatma el-Sha'arawi, the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, as she investigates a murder that threatens both the city and the world. I love how the author meshes worlds, mythologies and history in a seamless and beautiful way.

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The Black God’s Drums

The Black God’s Drums

From the publisher: "In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape the streets for the air--in particular, by earning a spot on-board the airship Midnight Robber. Creeper plans to earn Captain Ann-Marie’s trust with information she discovers about a Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls The Black God’s Drums. But Creeper also has a secret herself: Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, speaks inside her head, and may have her own ulterior motivations. Soon, Creeper, Oya, and the crew of the Midnight Robber are pulled into a perilous mission aimed to stop the Black God’s Drums from being unleashed and wiping out the entirety of New Orleans."

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The Haunting of Tram Car 015

The Haunting of Tram Car 015

Hats off to MMD team member Shannan for introducing me to Clark’s Dead Djinn Universe, a fantasy series set in an alternate 1912 Cario. When a tram car is reported to be haunted, Cairo’s Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities sends "odd couple" Senior Agent Hamed al-Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi to investigate. Technically the third installment in the series, The Haunting of Tram Car 015 is an eerie and interesting novella that can be read as a standalone. Whispersync narration available by narrator, Julian Thomas.

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A Dead Djinn in Cairo

A Dead Djinn in Cairo

Brigid says: The first in a fantasy series set in an alternate Egypt in 1912, this a short novella that can be read as a standalone and listened to in an afternoon. When Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi is sent to investigate a suspicious death from suicide by Cairo’s Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities, she is quickly pulled into a much larger sinister plot.

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