Root Magic

"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!"--Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small. It's 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won't stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven-- and their uncle, Doc, tells them he's going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations--especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family's true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs...and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it's going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through.

Children's Books

Royce, Eden

Literature & Fiction

Walden Pond Press

"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!"--Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small. It's 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won't stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven-- and their uncle, Doc, tells them he's going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations--especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family's true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs...and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it's going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through. Walter Dean Myers Honor Award for Outstanding Children's Literature!

Conjure Island

From the award-winning author of Root Magic comes the story of a girl forced to spend the summer with a great-grandmother she's never met--only to discover she runs a school for Southern conjure magic.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you ask Delphinia Baker, she'd tell you she has all the family she needs. Sure, her mom passed away when she was young, her dad is often away on deployment, but even though Del has never had anyone she can call her people, she has always had her grandmother--and that's enough. Besides, having no roots just makes it that much easier when you have to move again. All of that changes, though, when Gramma falls ill and Del is sent to stay with her great-grandmother. Del has never even heard of Nana Rose, and she has no interest in spending the summer on an unbearably hot island off the South Carolina coast. And when Nana Rose starts talking about the school she runs dedicated to their family's traditions--something called "conjure magic"--Del knows she's in for a weird, awkward summer. That is, until the magic turns out to be real. Soon, Del is surrounded by teachers who call themselves witches, kids with strange abilities, creatures and ghosts who can speak to her. She has a hundred questions, but one more than any other: Why didn't Gramma ever tell her about her family, the island, this magic? As Del sets out to find her place in a world she never knew existed, she also discovers a shadowy presence on the island--and comes to believe that it all might be connected.

The Creepening of Dogwood House

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

You know this place. Seems normal enough. But you know better, don’t you? You've heard rumors of strange histories. You've seen hints of dark deeds.  Turns out you can go home again, and the shadows will be waiting for you. Bram Stoker Award® nominated editors Doug Murano and D. Alexander Ward bring you the next installment of their best selling, critically acclaimed small-town Lovecraftian anthology series: Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 2. Within these pages, you'll discover:  * America's pastime awakening dark secrets buried deep within the earth.  * Vietnam War heroes who glimpse something worse than war and return home to discover a new kind of hell waiting for them.  * The music of a generation—of many generations—revealed as something older, hungrier and more insidious than a bad acid trip.  * A war-widow who rediscovers love and passion… only to cultivate the world’s end.  Featuring stories by: Joyce Carol Oates, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary A. Braunbeck, John F.D. Taff, Lucy A. Snyder, William Meikle, Ronald Malfi, Damien Angelica Walters, and others. With a foreword by Laird Barron and stunning illustrations by Luke Spooner.   Every turn you take leads back to Main Street. We've been waiting. Welcome home.

Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 2

Madron, Suzanne

Taff, John F.D.

Wynne, Douglas

Booth III, Max

Wehunt, Michael

Wilburn, Jay

Braunbeck, Gary A.

Kemper, Erinn L.

LaSart, C. W.

Genre Fiction

Cutting Block Books

Pull up a rocking chair and sit a spell. Soak in these tales of Southern Gothic horror: A witchdoctor's niece tells him a life-altering secret, an investigator who keeps a 100% confession rate

Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror

lulu.com

Y'all gather round for thirteen more tales of Southern Gothic horror: Boys find evil in their favorite sweet treat, a perfume shop that makes more than scents, a hurricane carries a mother's vengeance, a conjure woman lies dying, unable to name a successor

Spook Lights II: Southern Gothic Horror

Twenty-two short horror stories written by women are here on display for your enjoyment or your perverse fascination. Within these pages, beauty becomes deadly, innocence kills, and karma is a harsh mistress. The Grotesquerie is now open...

The Grotesquerie (Mocha Memoirs Presents Women in Horror)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Colors in Darkness, the premiere online site for dark fiction authors of color presents its first anthology! Amid the upheaval of the 1960s, the Kretcher Motel opened in a poor, desolate part of Atlanta. It still serves its original purpose: to lure those souls who are lost, who are troubled, who are evil…to itself. Check in to view these thirteen dark tales of horror, betrayal, fear, and wickedness, all featuring characters of color. You may never want to leave. The Thing in Room 204 – C.W. Blackwell Karma Suture – Tawanna Sullivan The Last Day of Jerome Brown – Jordan King-Lacroix Roost – Kenya Moss-Dyme Salvation – Ross Baxter The Honeymoon Suite: Jacob’s Reunion – Sumiko Saulson A Long Way From the Ritz – Eden Royce Mister Mackintosh – David Turnbull Flesh Trap – Querus Abuttu A Devil of a Deal – David O’Hanlon Hollygraham – Sy Shanti The Adjusters – Dahlia DeWinters Need – Zin E. Rocklyn With an introduction to the stories by Mya Lairis.

Forever Vacancy: A Colors in Darkness Anthology

Saulson, Sumiko

Baxter, Ross

Blackwell, C.W.

O'Hanlon, David

DeWinters, Dahlia

Moss-Dyme, Kenya

Lairis, Mya

Sullivan, Tawanna

King-Lacroix, Jordan

United States

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