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Weird Black Girls

By: Elwin Cotman
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Jade Wheeler, James Fouhey, Emily Lawrence, André Santana, Landon Woodson
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Finalist for the Locus Award
Belletrist Book Club Pick

From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black—a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.

A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate their fraught history as strange happenings escalate in a Mexican restaurant. A pair of narcissistic friends wreak havoc on an activist community. An aloof young man finds himself living through his lover’s memories. And a day of LARPing takes a cosmic turn.

In each of the seven stories in this collection, characters pursue their obsessions on paths to glory and destruction while around them their worlds twist and warp, oscillating between reality and impossibility. On display throughout is Cotman’s ability to reveal truths about the human experience—about friendship, love, betrayal, bitterness—through whimsy, horror, and fantasy. Elegiac in tone, imaginative and humorous in their execution, the character-driven stories in Weird Black Girls challenge, incite, and entertain. African American Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories Witty Science Fiction Feel-Good
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I love the story BUT I don’t like how the calm and relaxing female voice ends after the 2nd chapter.. I couldn’t finish …

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Brilliant! Each story stands alone as an unique piece, but some themes are reoccurring. The writing style varies between stories. I appreciate this type of craftsmanship. This book is filled with delightfully voyeuristic views into the characters. Fantasy elements awaken the imagination while context simultaneously keeps the reader connected to the real world. It is worth noting that the voice actors are fantastic and change between stories.

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