Ring Shout - This is my go to pick for someone looking to get out of a reading slump. It works every single time. No, seriously. Ring Shout treads a very thin line between fantasy, historical , horror, and literary fiction. I frequently refer to it as the best novella I’ve ever read.
Here’s the pitch: The KKK summons demons, who feed on hate and disguise themselves as clan members, at the showing of the film The Birth of a Nation. The story follows a group of Black women who hunt these demons and klan members in alternate jazz era America with swords and guns.
