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We Travel the Spaceways (Black Stars) by [Victor LaValle]

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Book 6 of 6: Black Stars

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Otherworldly interference in real-world New York City? Or delusions? For the answer, follow two loving strangers in an astonishing short story of faith and hope by a World Fantasy Award winner.

Grimace is a homeless man on a holy mission to free Black Americans from emotional slavery. His empty soda cans told him as much. Then he meets Kim, a transgender runaway who joins Grimace on his heroic quest. Is Grimace receiving aluminum missives from the gods, or is he a madman? Kim will find out soon enough on a strange journey they’ve been destined to share.

Victor LaValle’s We Travel the Spaceways is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.

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August 31, 2021
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“Science fiction invites audiences to imagine new and different worlds…Soon readers (and listeners) will be able to add some new voices and stories to this mix, thanks to an upcoming collection of short stories from Amazon Original Stories.” —SYFY Wire

“Part of what makes Black Stars so special is the fact that it is showcasing speculative science fiction from Black authors from around the world.” —SYFY Wire

“With a host of amazing authors, Black Stars is perfect for lovers of Afrofuturism, Caribbean science fiction, and African jujuism. As you read the stories, you’ll start to understand why there are so many different genres in the collection…Black Stars introduces people to so many different frameworks, showing the diversity of stories created when Black authors across the diaspora infuse their unique cultural perspectives into these narratives, creating an abundance of originality that lets readers imagine wildly different worlds, realities, and futures.” —Shondaland

About the Author

Victor LaValle is an award-winning author and the creator and writer of the comic book Destroyer. He is the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Whiting Award, Shirley Jackson Award, and American Book Award, among others.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B098QKP81K
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Original Stories (August 31, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 31, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6682 KB
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Victor LaValle is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver & The Changeling, and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom.

His most recent novel, THE CHANGELING, is an old school fairy tale. It's made to keep you up at night. It's meant to make you scared.

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Ollie@TheStoneCloud

Definitely something special here.

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021

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Credit to the audiobook narrator for giving the story an extra dimension to a powerful tale. My first Victor Lavalle read to date, and I savored every minute of it.

What really struck me was in the way the story flips from the heart shattering reality of poverty and mental illness to a grand scale Cosmic space operatic vision. Read it, listen to it, cry to it. It's raw and for such a short read, provided much payoff.

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Sarmat Chowdhury

a unique LaValle sci-fi novella with a touch of fantasy

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2022

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I love Victor LaValle and his writing style ever since I came across one of the first novellas that I truly enjoyed “The Ballad of Black Tom” and so when I saw that he had released another novella with collection, I knew I had to read it and once again, it did not disappoint.

The story is based on the character Grimace who operates as a Signalman - at least, he thinks he does. To our eyes, he’s one of the millions of New Yorkers who is homeless and part of the unseen of the city and what makes the novella even more gripping is that LaValle makes the novella current - and ties it one of the darker episodes that undermine America today.

Def a novella to check out from a needed voice in the genre.

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Wow

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2022

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What a story. The only thing I didn't like about this was that I allowed it to sit unread for so long.

It's the first thing I've read by LaValle. It definitely won't be the last.

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lesliethesmith

I loved this the more I thought about it

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021

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I enjoyed this story the first time I read it, but didn't initially give it five stars. After sitting with it for a few days and reading the other stories in the series, I realized how much my mind kept coming back to this story and how much I really enjoyed it. A fantastic piece!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2022

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I enjoyed this ride!! Victor Lavalle did a fantastic job of creating a space that needs no explanation. I was able to follow along the story without trying to figure out what was happening. I'm looking forward to reading more of his work.

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2021

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I wanted more of this story!!! It was that good. And it left me trying to figure out fact from fiction, and the twist at the end.

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Megan Rakeepile

Take me to another world

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2021

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So captivating, love the knowledge drops in the book. This book had my full attention, can't wait to read more!

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What a way to close out the collection!

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2021

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4.5 stars.

“I’ll be honest, when New York City voted in Mayor Dinkins, a Black mayor, I swore there would be a change down here on street level. But so far I hadn’t seen it. The cops still carried guns and clubs and used them at their discretion.”

Victor Lavalle’s addition to the Black Stars collection, “We Travel The Spaceways” was unexpectedly and incredibly GOOD! I enjoyed this story and its concept as it was clear and concise.

The story takes place in New York and it is on those streets that we meet Grimace. Grimace is homeless and at the story’s opening we find him searching for food on the and specifically at fast food restaurants where he has developed quite the reputation.

Oddly enough, Grimace believes that the cans he’s been carrying around are talking to him. They’ve told him that his mission is to free Black people from emotional slavery. As a result he’s been setting fires in Black churches. The overarching problem though is that Grimace hardly feels heard nor seen. To many he is invisible. That is, until he meets Kim, a transgender runaway that will join him in his quest for freedom against oppression and make it all make sense.

All this to say, I need to read more from this author! Nice work.

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Cassandra

The writing style!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2022

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Love the writing style, it was fluid, easy and enjoyable. I liked the idea of what it was trying to get to. I just haven't a clue what the ending was saying. I am still non the wiser on whether or not this guys tripping or really going between worlds. I will give the authors writing a go. Great end story for the series just would of liked some closure on what the heck was happening 😂

Farah Mendlesohn

a delicate urban fantasy.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2021

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The only thing I can compare this to is Wizard of the Pigeons. If you liked that you will like this.

I loved it to bits.

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