Vulcanization

Everfair #2.5

by Nisi Shawl

In the same world as Everfair, a brutal king plagued by visions of the Black people he slaughtered in Congo attempts to destroy the spirits haunting him using an inventor's powerful but unproven machine . . .


At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Historical Fiction

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 4, 2024

About the author

Nisi Shawl is a founder of the diversity-in-speculative-fiction nonprofit the Carl Brandon Society and serves on the Board of Directors of the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop. Their story collection Filter House was a winner of the 2009 Tiptree/Otherwise Award, and their debut novel, Everfair, was a 2016 Nebula finalist. Shawl edited Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars (2013). They coedited Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler (2013).

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 Stars.

I just found this an unpleasant read. It's well written, but not enjoyable.

[Per · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Cozy Reading Times · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect short story.

[Chloe · Rating 4 out of 5]

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wow, not to compare the two but I would put this on the same level of real world uncomfortable-...ness that P. Djeli Clark brings.
Taking a real life event of person and not only bringing to light their acts but also building magical realism into the heinous acts.