A Spectral Hue

"Craig Laurance Gidney’s previous fiction and poetry have shown a daring openness when it comes to genre, and A Spectral Hue is cut from similar cloth. In one sense, it’s a quiet, confidently told novel of identity – gay, black, artistic and ancestral – that resonates on a wholly realistic level. In another, it’s a hybrid of horror, folklore, dark fantasy and magical realism that whispers and twists through the lush, imaginary city of Shimmer, Md., a place where the supernatural seems woven into the air itself."