Filter house : short fiction

Author/Creator:

Shawl, Nisi, author

Publication/Creation:

Seattle, WA : Aqueduct Press, [2008]

Format:

Book

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Filter house : short fiction / by Nisi Shawl

Related/Included Titles:

Introduction: Where everything is a bit different /
At the huts of Ajala --
Wallamelon --
Pragmatical princess --
Raineses' --
Bird day --
Maggies --
Momi Watu --
Deep end --
Good boy --
Little horses --
Shiomah's land --
Water museum --
But she's only a dream --
Beads of Ku.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Fantasy fiction, American
Afrofuturist fiction
Science fiction
Fantasy fiction
Short stories

Subjects:

Afrofuturism
Short stories, American

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Where everything is a bit different / by Eileen Gunn -- At the huts of Ajala -- Wallamelon -- Pragmatical princess -- Raineses' -- Bird day -- Maggies -- Momi Watu -- Deep end -- Good boy -- Little horses -- Shiomah's land -- Water museum -- But she's only a dream -- Beads of Ku.

Summary:

Filter House collects the short fiction by Nisi Shawl and includes an introduction by Eileen Gunn (author of Stable Strategies). The collection's fourteen tales offer a haunting montage that works its magic subtly on the readers subconscious. From the exotic, baroque complexities of At the Huts of Ajala to the stark, folktale purity of The Beads of Ku, these fourteen superbly written stories will weave around you a ring of dark, dark magic.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

276 pages ; 21 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937755699902486

ISBN:

9781933500195
1933500190

OCLC Number:

227032869

Barcode:

010003555978