Afromyth Volume 2: A Fantasy Collection

A collection of relatable mythology

Afromyth Volume 2 is a collection of literary excursions that take you around the world with stories of men, women, and non-binary persons who live outside the bounds of conventional realities but whose stories seem relatable. After all, love, revenge, and learning from the past in order to create a better future are universal themes.
The anthology of stories varies in settings from contemporary times to plains of existence that sprang forth from the author's minds onto the pages. The first story in the collection, "A Gleam of Life" by Nicole Givens Kurtz sets the scene with the tale of a man who monetizes his ability to raise the dead with this touch, his effort to keep his secret from the woman he had fallen in love and how he reacts when she finds out his secret in the most inconvenient was possible. From there the readers are treated to tales of a homicidal music box ballerina, a woman who uses the power of vodun to steal corporate secrets, and a stranger in a foreign land who finds comfort and a sense of home from a bookseller who sells their ware from a boat anchored in an African port that was formerly a desert. All the stories are based in Afrocentric mythology and no matter what the setting the cultural themes of the continent comes through. Other stand-out stories include "Issa, the Warrior God" by Akil Wingate and "Sister's Keeper" by J.S. Emuakpor.
While some of the stories didn't soar to the highest heights as others, this collection was a extraordinary collection that should be