Tonton Macoute

by William Allan

First came the body. His dead friend's warm blood, Tommy's own seed, the strange flour, powders charged with chemical enchantments—all combined and stirred to life, to human form, by Marie's invocation.

Then came the soul. Something out of the black pit of time's beginnings. Unforeseen, unimaginable.

108 pages, CD-ROM

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

William R. Allan is a Scottish classicist specializing in Greek epic and tragedy, particularly the plays of Euripides. He is currently McConnell Laing Fellow and Tutor in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at University College, Oxford and Professor of Greek, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford. He was formerly Assistant Professor of Classics at Harvard University.