![]() ![]() “Vulcanization” and “Cruel Sistah” shift the collection into horror, bringing an unsettling edge as the characters of both stories encounter ghosts that have sprung from their misdeeds. ![]() Throughout the linked narratives, Brit comes quite literally into her power and helps other young Black kids like herself find their own. Among the standouts are “Street Worm,” “Queen of Dirt,” and “Conversion Therapy,” all about a girl named Brit who discovers that the world teems with dangerous invisible entities. Several of these stories call back to older tales “Salt on the Dance Floor” and “The Tawny Bitch” have echoes of “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast,” respectively, while “She Tore” follows Wendy Darling and other familiar characters through life after Neverland. Shawl ( Everfair) creates a fantastical and sometimes unsettling tapestry with these 18 wild flights of fancy. ![]()
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