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Repost from @lizajessiepeterson using @RepostRegramApp - This amazing artist Eric Battle @battlelinesrdrawn drew the animation for my sister's book. These are the two main characters (Damali and Carlos) in her prolific Vampire Huntress 12 book series. He was awarded the LA BANKS award at the 2017 Blerd City (black nerd) conference in Brooklyn. #blerdcity #blackscifi #paranormal #blackauthors #blackcomics #labanks #mybigsister #ilovemysister #sherocks

Who needs to go to the bookstore for new books, I just have to rearrange my bookshelf to find something new to read.

“I know you don’t believe me— not yet— but listen anyway. They came for me last night.” “Who?” Dumas asked, interested now despite his cynicism. Wilton’s voice slowed, taking on the measured cadence of a storyteller. “Your mama came first, and she was young and pretty, just like the first day I met her. I jumped out of bed — didn’t need no help, ’cause my body was young again like it was before I got sick. I jumped out of bed and hugged your mama real tight.” Wilton was grinning widely now, a faraway look in his eyes. “I cried I was so happy to see her! I said: ’Lucretia baby, I missed you!’ And she said: ’I know daddy, I missed you too. But we ain’t got time for that now! They coming!’ She grabbed my hand and dragged me outside.” “Then they came. At first they was just few of our folks... your uncle Potsi — you’d a liked him — and some more of our cousins. And then the rest of ’em showed up. The Others. Son they was folks, our folks, from hundreds — thousands of years ago. They was walking with us. So many I couldn’t see ‘em all, but I could feel ‘em.” Dumas leaned forward, his dinner forgotten. “Then what?” he whispered. “We walked past the houses—everybody was sleep you see and even if they weren’t they wouldn’t see us—to where this man was standing. He wasn’t human, don’t ask me how I knew, but I knew.” “He had real dark skin, the color of coffee, and his hair was salt-and-pepper lying over his shoulders. He was holding something in his hands...At first I thought it was a colored ball. But when I looked closer I saw it was energy—all different colors of energy—floating between his hands.” The Switch II: Clockwork (including books 1 and 2) available at http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com/