| 2011-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Professor's Assassin |
Matthew Pearl |
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murder (1), 1840 (1), slavery (1), fictionalized historical event (1), University of Virginia (1)
|
| 1998-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Scipio |
Daniel Hood |
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|
slavery (1), reincarnation (1), vengeance (1), memories of past lives (1), rape (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1)
|
| 1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Parable of the Sower |
Octavia E. Butler |
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|
science fiction (2), community (1), spirituality (1), change (1), god (1), philosophy (1), slavery (1), loss (1), death (1), first person point of view (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), societal collapse (1), Southern California (1), 2020s (1), empath (1), migrants (1), black protagonist (1), climate change (1), Capitalism (1), california (1), Abuse (1), African American (1), apocalyptic (1), dystopian (1), Fundamentalism (1), post-apocalyptic (1), racism (1), women (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Elijah the Builder |
Peninnah Schram |
|
|
Judaic (1), folktale (1), Prophet Elijah (1), slavery (1), miracle (1), Builder (1)
|
| 1982-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Who Courts a Reluctant Maiden |
Ardath Mayhar |
|
|
female protagonist (1), demon (1), slavery (1), first person point of view (1), castle (1)
|
| 1887-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Goophered Grapevine |
Charles W. Chesnutt |
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sharp business dealings (1), dialect (1), magic (1), vineyard (1), slavery (1), african-american protagonist (1), story within a story (1), post-Civil War (1), North Carolina (1), curse (1)
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