The Ballad of Black Tom
By: Victor Lavalle
Location: FIC LAV
Genre:- Horror- urban fantasy
Jazz, Harlem, rascism, and the occult........ This book is also a re-telling of the Lovecraft story The Horror at Red Hook!
Next year some of the Year 13's are studying the Horror genre! Why? ... Anyway I am supporting there nightmares by buying in a few new titles, here is the first, it has a great title and a cool cover, cool quotes and a horrorible plot!
People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.
Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.
A storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. Will Black Tom live to see it break?
"The strongest feature is how he brings together the horrors of the real world: racism, police brutality, murder, injustice; with the supernatural horrors and evil powers at work beneath the surface of that real world. This is a story that deals with the human capacity for evil, the effects of repression and injustice, and the evil and despair that can exist just beneath the thin veneer of so-called civilized society.
This novella also has its terrifying moments. The end was unpredictable, and quite scary.-Steve
Location: FIC LAVGenre:- Horror- urban fantasy
Jazz, Harlem, rascism, and the occult........ This book is also a re-telling of the Lovecraft story The Horror at Red Hook!
Next year some of the Year 13's are studying the Horror genre! Why? ... Anyway I am supporting there nightmares by buying in a few new titles, here is the first, it has a great title and a cool cover, cool quotes and a horrorible plot!
“Nobody ever thinks of himself as a villain, does he? Even monsters hold high opinions of themselves.”
People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.
Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.
A storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. Will Black Tom live to see it break?
"The strongest feature is how he brings together the horrors of the real world: racism, police brutality, murder, injustice; with the supernatural horrors and evil powers at work beneath the surface of that real world. This is a story that deals with the human capacity for evil, the effects of repression and injustice, and the evil and despair that can exist just beneath the thin veneer of so-called civilized society.
This novella also has its terrifying moments. The end was unpredictable, and quite scary.-Steve
"The veil of ignorance has been set over your face since birth. Shall I pull it free?"
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