The stories collected in Nine Bar Blues weave emotion, spirit, and music, captivating readers with newfound alchemy and the murmurs of dark gods. Rooted in rhythm, threaded with magic, these tales encompass worlds that begin in river bottoms, pass through spectral gates, and end in distant uncharted worlds. These stories describe the pain that often accompanies the confines of sanctuary and the joy that is inextricably bound to the troubles of hard living. Nine Bar Blues sings a multiverse of fully realized worlds that readers will remember for ages to come and cherish from page to heart thumping, foot-stomping page.
Ancestries
Aunt Dissy’s Policy Dream Book
Nightflight
The Dragon Can’t Dance
Thirteen Year Long Song
Lokeera’s Tongue
Stars Come Down
Shanequa’s Blues, or Another Shotgun Lullaby
Madame and the Map: A Journey in Five Movements
Teddy Bump
Origins of Southern Spirit Music