A review by ajeversole
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers

5.0

What Native horror does best is amp up the fact that just existing in the U.S. can be a horror in itself. This collection of interconnected short stories does is drive that home. Yes, it uses some fantastical aspects, but at the end of the day it's cathartic to be able to read a story and suspend belief that these things happened in real life, without the fantastical element at all. Perhaps the echo of that thought is the most daunting of all. There is a reason horror comes so naturally to Native writers.

I love that it challenges typical story structure, that it paints a huge narrative, that it stands so sharply on its own legs and demands a certain amount of respect from the reader. It isn't joking.

I'm so proud of my fellow Cherokee citizen for sharing this project with the world. It deserves all the awards and attention it was given.