Man Made Monsters

by Andrea L. Rogers Narrated by DeLanna Studi, Lane Factor

Overview

Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-old girls.
Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance.
Horror fans will get their thrills in this collection-from werewolves to vampires to zombies, all the time-worn horror baddies are there. But so are predators of a distinctly American variety-the horrors of empire, of intimate partner violence,
of dispossession. And so too the monsters of Rogers' imagination, that draw upon long-told Cherokee stories-of Deer Woman, fantastical sea creatures, and more.
Following one extended Cherokee family across the centuries, from the tribe's homelands in Georgia to World War I, the Vietnam War, our own present, and well into the future, each story delivers a slice of a particular time period that will leave readers longing for more.
Man Made Monsters is a masterful, heartfelt, terrifying collection ready to be devoured-but just don't blame us if you start hearing things that go bump in the night.

Editorial Reviews

MAY 2024 - AudioFile

Two Native Americans narrate this short story collection in the Indigenous horror vein. The titular monsters are both supernatural --vampires, werewolves, ghosts--and all too human--a brutish boyfriend, a predatory medical system. The stories span two centuries and include members of a sprawling Cherokee family. Narrators DeLanna Studi--Cherokee Nation--and Lane Factor --Creek-Seminole and Caddo--have impressive acting resumes. Sadly, neither shines as a narrator. Studi struggles with phrasing and is often distractingly errant in her placement of emphasis. Factor is even less successful, rushing his delivery and frequently swallowing syllables and entire short words. (Listeners may want to slow down playback speed for his parts.) This 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award honoree is ill served by this audiobook. V.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175910316
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	10/04/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	521,282

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