Jackal, Jackal

Tales of the Dark and Fantastic

Tobi Ogundiran

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Miscellaneous
18 July 2023

Horror & ghost stories; Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction; Horror

"""Vivid and twisted, ironic and stirring, the varied stories in the collection are told with verve. Ogundiran's prose has a warm, enthusiastic vitality.""

-The New York Times

From Shirley Jackson award-nominated author Tobi Ogundiran, comes a highly anticipated debut collection of stories full of magic and wonder and breathtaking imagination!

In ""The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library"" -- featured in Levar Burton Reads -- a hapless salesman flees the otherworldly librarian hell-bent on retrieving her lost library book.

""The Tale of Jaja and Canti"" sees Ogundiran riffing off of Pinocchio. But this wooden boy doesn't seek to become real. Wanting to be loved, he journeys the world in search of his mother-an ancient and powerful entity who is best not sought out.

""The Goatkeeper's Harvest"" contains echoes of Lovecraft, where a young mother living on a farm finds that goats have broken into her barn and are devouring all her tubers. As she chases them off with a rake, a woman appears claiming the goats are her children, and that the young woman has killed one of them and must pay the price: a goat for a goat.

These and other tales of the dark and fantastic await."

By: Tobi Ogundiran
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9781988964430
ISBN 10: 1988964431
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 18 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tobi Ogundiran is a Nigerian writer whose dark andfantastical tales have appeared in journals such as Lightspeed, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, BeneathCeaseless Skies; and in several Year's Best anthologies, including The Year's Best Fantasy, ed. by Paula Guran andthe Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, ed. OghenechovweEkpeki Donald. His work has been shortlisted forthe Nommos, British Science Fiction Association, ShirleyJackson, and Igynte Awards. When he's not craftingwondrous tales, he works as a physician. Find himat tobiogundiran.com and @tobi_thedreamer on Twitter.

Reviews for Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic

"""Superb weird-fantasy fictions... an unfailing capacity for surprise."" -Publishers Weekly, Top 10 Summer Read ""These stories will captivate readers with their haunting atmosphere, confident voice, and immersive settings."" -Becky Spratford, Booklist ""Jackal, Jackal is a great showcase of Ogundiran's consistency and strengths of a storyteller and dark fabulist. Forget logic. These are stories you are meant to feel. Think Grimm by way of Amos Tutuola. Stephen King meets Cyprian Ekwensi."" -Wole Talabi, Locus magazine ""Ogundiran's tales revel in small moments that create big ripples. Jackal, Jackal is a collection of such stories, characters grasping at a wish in their own unique, earnest way. An exciting yet intimate collection from a writer who continues to surprise and delight."" -Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Author of The Nameless Republic trilogy ""Jackal, Jackal is an astonishing debut collection with real teeth."" -Priya Sharma, Author of Pomegranates ""....a proud, confident debut ... This volume presages many fine stories to come, and should find its way to various award ballots soon."" -Locus"