Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland is wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real." - Marlon James, Man Booker prize winner "A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is gorgeous." - Roxanne Gay "Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying." - Independent "An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction." - Guardian "Epic!" - Observer Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, gives birth to...

A new type of haunted house novel, perfect for fans of Get Out and Girl A. Intense, original, and wonderfully unpredictable . . . Model Home is a story of a haunted house and haunted people; profound family secrets lie at the heart of this book as well as, surprisingly, blessedly, meaningful touches of love and hope. Rivers Solomon is...

The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award-nominated song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard...

A new type of haunted house novel, perfect for fans of Get Out and Girl A 'Intense, original, and wonderfully unpredictable . . . Model Home is a story of a haunted house and haunted people; profound family secrets lie at the heart of this book as well as, surprisingly, blessedly, meaningful touches of love and hope. Rivers Solomon is...

One of Esquire magazine's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time "Solomon debuts with a raw distillation of slavery, feudalism, prison, and religion that kicks like rotgut moonshine . . . Stunning." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she...

Named a Best Horror Book of the Year by The New York Times Book ReviewNamed a Best Book of the Year by Reactor and the Chicago Public LibraryWelcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When...