I wrote a book y’all
Been a minute. Again. But thought I’d make time to stop by and say… I WROTE A BOOK!
My full-length novel, A Master of Djinn, was officially released a week ago from today on May 11 2021 by Tor.com Publishing. Though I’ve done this before, since it has (again) been a minute, this post is gonna recount the road that brought me here. Because mane, who knew?
*Note, this is mostly a re-post of a blog I did earlier this year with some updates.
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I wrote a book. Again. An actual whole other book. Well actually, like last time, it’s a novella–that no man’s land between full-fledged novel and short story. This one’s called The Haunting of Tram Car 015. It debuts in one week, so I thought it might be important that I tell people about it.
That amazing cover is courtesy of artist Stephan Martiniere.
In which we peek behind the curtain to dive into some of the historical and cultural influences in my novella The Black God’s Drums. I’ll try to make it brief.
Also, it’s not at all brief.
Hey, I said I tried.
My short fantasy story “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” appeared this month in Fireside Fiction magazine. A bit below on the history, and speculation, that inspired it.
The illustration for the story (above) is by the artist Odera Igbokwe
An anthology of historical speculative fiction? Telling the stories of children who have been marginalized throughout history? Yup, this is the SFF project you’ve been waiting to back. The Kickstarter in question, is right here.
Phenderson Djèlí Clark 