The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, 1)

The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, 1)Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story with magic, monsters, and mayhem, perfect for fans of unhinged eldritch horror. Julie is a coked up, burnt out thirty year old whose only retirement plan is dying early. Shes been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and shell work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons, and make deals with the cruelest gods to claw her way to

Binding these essays together is Hong's theory of "minor feelings

they unearth a ghastly truth―for William to live

and ultimately a love letter to Harlem

Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother

Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room

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Phong--the son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman--embarks on a search to find both his parents and a way out of Việt Nam to a better life in the United States for himself

how the study of joy might lead us to a wild

How Far the Light Reaches is a shimmering

while Brick struggles to return to his uninspiring white-collar job after suffering the dual blows of a health emergency and a nasty breakup with the woman he still loves

They can pretend they've never met

which makes her feel like no one at all