Tananarive DueFiction · Horror·b. 1966
Mazywood
Synopsis
A filmmaker inherits his grandmother's remote mountain cabin — she was a famous Black actress in 1920s–40s Hollywood. Decades after her death he discovers the secret she buried there, and a creature that has lurked on the property for generations finally surfaces. Spans three generations across Old Hollywood and the present.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (2)
RacismViolence
Genres
Characters
JohnnyProtagonist
A filmmaker and the grandson of actress Mazelle Washington, who brings his family to the mountain lodge she left behind.
Mazelle WashingtonSupporting
Johnny's grandmother, a famous Black actress who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1940s.
