Huckleberry Juju and Other Narrative Spells by David Bowles
Victory is often bittersweet in this collection by renowned author David Bowles. Whether through brujería on the Texas-Mexico borderlands, hoodoo in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, divine magic in ancient Mesoamerica, puissant poems in alternate worlds, or strange science in far-flung futures, the characters in these fifteen tales strive to remake the world for the better. But power always exacts a price, sometimes dearer than we can bear. Buoyed by Bowles' lyrical mastery of genre, Huckleberry Juju and Other Narrative Spells guides us through the interstices between what is and what might be, a liminal space where we can imagine the aftermath of our dreams.
David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from South Texas, where he works as an associate professor at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. Among his three dozen award-winning books are The Smoking Mirror, The Witch Owl Parliament, They Call Me Güero, My Two Border Towns, Ancient Night, and The Prince & the Coyote. David presently serves as the vice-president of the Texas Institute of Letters.