Book guide
The Ballad of Black Tom
Lovecraftian horror returns to Harlem—and this time it has teeth.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyMythologyFantasyRetellingHistoricalMythologyDark FantasyMorally greyDark FantasyAncient evilDark FantasyDark magicDark FantasyOccultHorrorRevenge arcHorrorOccultHorrorCosmic horrorHorrorAncient evil
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About The Ballad of Black Tom
In Jazz Age New York, Charles Thomas Tester hustles to support his father and survive a racist city. A job involving an occult book pulls him toward sorcery, monsters, and power, in a sharp reimagining of Lovecraftian cosmic horror from the perspective of a Black man pushed too far.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- racism
- blood-gore
- death-of-parent
- police-brutality
- racial slurs
- grief
- panic attacks
- ableism
- murder
- torture
- xenophobia
- bullying
- medical procedures
- emotional abuse
