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Tag Archives: magical realism
Mythological Africans: Seeing Beyond the Unknown Other in Folklore
We’d like to showcase the work of Helen Nde, whose project Mythological Africans is an exciting exploration of the diverse mythology, religion, and folklore of the African continent. Helen has a forthcoming book, The Runaway Princess and Other Stories, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, African folklore, African literature, Fantasy, foklore, magical realism, Monsters, myth, speculative fiction
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Contemporary Fiction Featuring Angels
Most of these are Paranormal Romance, and mostly Young Adult. These angels are generally Fallen and condemned to atone on Earth in some way or another. A couple are borderline–demons or djinn. Adornetto, Alexandra, Halo, Halo Series, 1 (London: Atom, … Continue reading
17 of March 2015’s Best YA Books
The YA novels listed here look very exciting, and many have a Gothic, paranormal tinge to them, featuring witches, ghosts, and so on. I have to confess to not knowing any of these but I’ll be investigating them!