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A gripping graphic horror novel set in the Florida bayou, following a young biracial woman as she uncovers her estranged fatherβs role in a grisly hate crime.
Kirah was born from an improbable interracial relationship that, in central Floridaβs infamous Asurupa County, defied all the odds. But her idyllic childhood was shattered by an urban legend come to life. The βGatormanβ was a nightmare on the lips of kids and grown-ups alike all the way back to Jim Crow: a monster with the body of a man, the head of an alligatorβand a taste for Black children. Thatβs who crawled into Kirahβs window when Kirah was just five years old. According to the police, it was Kirahβs own father who put on that gator mask and tried to kill her.
Twenty years later, Kirah works hard to build a life unburdened by the traumatic events of her childhood. Just when it seems like sheβs managed to find her stride, her dad, fresh out of prison, crashes back into her world with a chilling message: βHeβs coming for you.β
Finally forced to face the hideous family history sheβs been avoiding, Kirah sets off to discover where, and who, she truly came from. And the more she learns, the more disturbing the whole picture becomes. Turns out thereβs a lot more to the Gatorman than Kirah thought, and even worse: he isnβt through with her just yet.
A clever hybrid of swamp noir, slasher horror, and social satireβand brought to life by Camilla Sucreβs vivid illustrationsβMama Came Callinβ is a story about family and legacies, both the ones we inherit and the ones we canβt escape.
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