Phyllis Alesia Perry

Horror? Fantasy? History?  Intense but not terribly disturbing exploration of the resonance of slavery through future generations of African-Americans... and a very good story.  Well-written, fascinating, concise.  Both Literary and accessible.  Warning, the end (feel free to open this very minor spoiler unless you avoid them emphatically) is a bit, erm, abrupt? fuzzy? not tied up and happy.