Black God’s Kiss

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Black God’s Kiss is a classic 1934 dark fantasy and sword-and-sorcery novelette by C. L. Moore, featuring the iconic warrior-woman Jirel of Joiry in a surreal, nightmarish quest for supernatural vengeance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dark fantasy story
fantasy fiction work
novelette
sword and sorcery story
author C. L. Moore NERFINISHED
characterTypeOfProtagonist warrior-woman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception regarded as a classic of early sword and sorcery
featuresCharacter Jirel of Joiry NERFINISHED
firstAppearedInSeries Jirel of Joiry stories
firstPublicationYear 1934
form short fiction
genre dark fantasy
sword and sorcery
weird fiction
hasFemaleProtagonist true
hasSequel Black God’s Shadow NERFINISHED
influencedGenre sword and sorcery depiction of women warriors
language English
literaryPeriod pulp era fantasy
mainCharacter Jirel of Joiry NERFINISHED
notableFor blend of horror and fantasy elements
featuring one of the earliest female protagonists in sword and sorcery
originalPublicationFormat pulp magazine
originalPublicationMedium Weird Tales NERFINISHED
originalPublisher Weird Tales magazine NERFINISHED
partOf Jirel of Joiry cycle NERFINISHED
protagonist Jirel of Joiry NERFINISHED
publicationDecade 1930s
settingType medieval fantasy
style atmospheric
surreal
subgenre heroic fantasy
theme descent into a nightmarish otherworld
supernatural quest
vengeance
tone dark
nightmarish
wordCountCategory novelette-length

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