num_pages: 159
description: A Killing in the Sun is a collection of speculative fiction from Africa. It draws from the rich oral culture of the authors childhood to tell a wide variety of stories. Some of the stories are set in a futuristic Africa where technology has transformed everyday life and a dark force rules. Others are set in the present day with refugee aliens from outer space ghosts haunting brides and grooms evil scientists stalking villages and greedy corporations creating apocalypses. There are murder mysteries tales of reincarnation and of the walking dead and alternative worlds whose themes any reader will identify with. This collection is deftly crafted running along the thin boundary of speculative and literary genres.
language: English
title: A Killing in the Sun
publisher: Black Letter Media