Southern & American Gothic

The Ballad of Black Tom

by Victor LaValle

A Harlem hustler's Lovecraft retelling, given back its rage.

More Southern & American Gothic

• The Devil All the Time — Donald Ray Pollock
• The Heavenly Table — Donald Ray Pollock
• House of Bone and Rain — Gabino Iglesias
• Beloved — Toni Morrison
• When the Reckoning Comes — LaTanya McQueen
• Boy's Life — Robert McCammon
• American Rapture — CJ Leede
• Ring Shout — P. Djèlí Clark

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