Bajan Book Club

coffins moving

underground

creepy noises

nothing found

bodies added

sealed again

by Kelsia Kellman

poems are stories

finely crafted

in those brief moments

of Passion,

First a murmur

Then a flutter

Then like an eagle taking wings, a majestic flap

The world wanes thin and the lights of stars kiss your face

Then a gush of hot air that takes you even to the moon

Hot

Boiling

Glows

Glow

Flows

Paama’s husband is a fool and a glutton. Bad enough that he followed her to her parents’ home in the village of Makende, now he’s disgraced himself by murdering livestock and stealing corn. When Paama leaves him for good, she attracts the attention of the undying ones—the djombi—who present her with a gift: the Chaos Stick, which allows her to manipulate the subtle forces of the world. Unfortunately, a wrathful djombi with indigo skin believes this power should be his and his alone.

Bursting with humor and rich in fantastic detail, Redemption in Indigo is a clever, contemporary fairy tale that introduces readers to a dynamic new voice in Caribbean literature. Lord’s world of spider tricksters and indigo immortals, inspired in part by a Senegalese folk tale, will feel instantly familiar—but Paama’s adventures are fresh, surprising, and utterly original.