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  1. Black God's Shadow is a collection of fantasy short stories by American writer C. L. Moore and illustrator Alicia Austin. It was first published in 1977 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,550 copies, of which 150 were bound in buckram, boxed, and signed by the author and artist. The stories feature Moore's character Jirel of ...

  2. 'Black God's Kiss' is the first and famous, but I thought its sequel 'Black God's Shadow' went above and beyond into a profound experience for me: psychological sword & sorcery in a way the other pulp-era classics don't do, symbolist-surrealist in ways that are truly weird but resonant.

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  3. Sep 11, 2020 · In the end, the duology of “Black God’s Kiss” and “Black God’s Shadow” is very much the story of a woman coming to terms with sexual assault. In my review of the previous story, I already argued that the forced kiss in “Black God’s Kiss” was a stand-in for the rape that C.L. Moore could not mention in the confines of a 1930s ...

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  5. Dec 17, 2019 · In “The Black God’s Shadow” (Weird Tales December 1934) Jirel of Joiry must return to the land of the Black God because the soul of Guillaume cries out in agony. Once there, she chases his black shadow by streams that try to capture her, through woods haunted by shadow-eating trees, and eventually she must fight the Black God in his ...

  6. May 24, 2023 · The sexual undertones of “The Black God’s Kiss” are more or less absent in “Black God’s Shadow,” though, as Jirel is less concerned now with satisfaction than she is with finding inner peace. The opening scene focuses on Jirel trying and failing to sleep at night, her castle restored but her faith in herself wrecked.

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  8. Black God's Shadow. Alicia Austin, C.L. Moore. 252 pages • first pub 1934 ( editions) fiction fantasy short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced. The StoryGraph is an affiliate of the featured links. We earn commission on any purchases made. The StoryGraph is an affiliate of the featured links. StoryGraph Preview Personalized.