Ring Shout

 Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark, 185 pages.

Kara wrote about this book here before it actually came out, and I think she told me about it not long after, but I finally got around to reading it, and I don't disagree with anything she said. I will also add that I think that writing a classic monster hunting story and making it about racism is a very effective twist. Funnily enough, this is not the first book I read where people can get so hateful they turn into literal monsters that need hunting, that was Bitter Root, which you can read about here, although I think Ring Shout nailed the landing harder. This is a fascinating novella, and I would recommend it.