The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
"Lovecraft's most racist story, retold — and reclaimed — by a Black hustler in 1920s Harlem."
Charles Thomas Tester runs small cons across 1924 New York until an occult job pulls him toward a sleeping cosmic horror — and toward the everyday horror of a racist city. LaValle rewrites Lovecraft with fury and style.
Worth knowing
Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, written in answer to Lovecraft's 'The Horror at Red Hook'.
