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Outcasts
In an alternate steamfunk Haiti, at the height of General Toussaint's revolution, two lovers separated by class and a young woman whose love is forbidden, aere thrust into war, sorcery and a quest for liberation on their own terms. . .
On the island of Saint-Domingue, in the dead of night, thousands of slaves crept silently along the path through the trees and wiry brush to Bois Caïman. In the clearing the Houngan Dutty Boukman, a huge, self-educated slave with a fierce countenance, and Mambo Cecile Fatiman, a mulatto slave woman, waited to led them in ceremony.
They petitioned the Loa for protection, for deliverance from slavery’s lash—calling upon the darkest spirits. . .
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On the island of Saint-Domingue, in the dead of night, thousands of slaves crept silently along the path through the trees and wiry brush to Bois Caïman. In the clearing the Houngan Dutty Boukman, a huge, self-educated slave with a fierce countenance, and Mambo Cecile Fatiman, a mulatto slave woman, waited to led them in ceremony.
They petitioned the Loa for protection, for deliverance from slavery’s lash—calling upon the darkest spirits. . .
Free download at Smash words.
25 pages, ebook
First published August 9, 2013
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About the author
Valjeanne Jeffers
52 books100 followersValjeanne Jeffers is the author of the award winning Immortal series which includes: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend, Immortal III: Stealer of Souls, and Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds.
She is also the author of The Switch II: Clockwork (includes The Switch I and II), Colony: Ascension An Erotic Space Opera, Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective, and Voyage of Dreams, as well as The Story of Eve (nonfiction).
Her novels are available at
http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com
and http://tehotep.wixsite.com/immortalii...
Valjeanne is a graduate of Spelman College and has been published in Steamfunk!, Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction, Griots II: Sisters of the Spear, Possibilities, Revelry, Drumvoices Revue, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Liberated Muse: How I Freed My Soul, Pembroke Magazine Vol 39, Say it Loud: Poems about James Brown, PurpleMag, The City and more recently, Fitting In, Sycorax's Daughters (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (winner of the Locus Award, nominated for the Hugo Award).
She also writes under the pen name Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson and Valijeanne Jeffers.
She is also the author of The Switch II: Clockwork (includes The Switch I and II), Colony: Ascension An Erotic Space Opera, Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective, and Voyage of Dreams, as well as The Story of Eve (nonfiction).
Her novels are available at
http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com
and http://tehotep.wixsite.com/immortalii...
Valjeanne is a graduate of Spelman College and has been published in Steamfunk!, Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction, Griots II: Sisters of the Spear, Possibilities, Revelry, Drumvoices Revue, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Liberated Muse: How I Freed My Soul, Pembroke Magazine Vol 39, Say it Loud: Poems about James Brown, PurpleMag, The City and more recently, Fitting In, Sycorax's Daughters (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (winner of the Locus Award, nominated for the Hugo Award).
She also writes under the pen name Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson and Valijeanne Jeffers.
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September 7, 2013
This short tale is set in an alternative 'history' of the Haitian Revolution. I particularly liked the steam punk aspect of this story as well as the inclusion of Religion (Voodoo) and fantasy. I finished reading "Outcasts" wishing that it was longer!
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