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Man Made Monsters
Andrea L. Rogers
Illustrator: Jeff Edwards
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1-64614-179-1
Keywords: Horror, Indigenous peoples, Short stories, Storytelling, Sci-fi, Intimate partner violence, Colonization, Generational trauma, Racism, Forced relocation
A series of short stories follows an extended Cherokee family over generations (from 1839 to 2039) as they encounter vampires, zombies, and other monsters. White on black line art.