Jones, a member of the Blackfeet tribe who grew up in Texas, often uses the framework of horror to examine inequality that Native Americans face. He was drawn to slasher fiction because of its emphasis on justice and order. “The intent is to rebalance the world, and the world we live in is not like that.”For Indigenous authors, writing themselves into sci-fi and fantasy narratives isn’t just about gaining visibility within popular genres. While Indigenous writers are still underrepresented in the literary world, especially in genre fiction, their work is having an outsize impact. After deciding to feature a Native woman as the hero, in 2018 she released “Trail of Lightning,” the first novel in a four book fantasy series.

Source: New York Times August 14, 2020 14:03 UTC