What happens when Black people can’t recognize White faces?
What does it feel like to exist inside a perpetual state of Black joy? Is the never-ending celebration of Blackness ecstasy? Exaltation? Or does it feel like an incendiary ooze needing a spark to justify violent retribution?
Vibe is Meta 4 is an Afrofuturistic dystopian allegory by Narcel G. Reedus. VM4 reimagines Black joy as a cosmic force that fulfills ancient prophecy and steadily unravels what’s left of White reality.
Vibe is Meta 4
A FACE VIRUS hits the African-American community, preventing Black people from recognizing White faces. At the same time, scientists classify the gravitational waves hitting Earth as a planet-changing phenomenon.
Keisha Turner senses something deeper in the gold and purple shimmering sky. The waves of Black joy pulsing in the streets, giving Black people the ability to levitate, are somehow connected to her estranged brother’s cryptic message to find protection.
As everything teeters between awakening and chaos, Keisha is drawn into a dangerous journey to find the truth and help protect a future powered by an unyielding, unapologetic, and never-ending state of Black joy — the most powerful cosmic force in the known universe.
Chapters
Keisha of the Future
A dynamic, tech-savvy woman living inside a harmonious blend of advanced AI technology and profound human connections receives a cryptic call to find protection.
That Nigga Look Dead
Tre, Fino, and Troy look down upon the dead White cop's one crooked eye and move around his crumpled body like detectives pointing out clues to possibly explain the sudden cause of his unnatural death.
Sherman Sinclair
An award-winning pathologist loses his grip on reality when the unexplainable death of an Atlanta police officer is ruled a suicide.
A Misunderstanding
Little Eddie has a panic attack when his dad calls his best friend’s father the N-word, questions their gratitude, and accuses them of pretending not to know who they are.
What Happened to Sarah Page?
A White woman internalizes the pain of being forgotten when her new boyfriend doesn't remember her face.
The Stench
Alex is alone on the road home carrying the Stench, which smells of rotten flesh, but he’s prepared for the pain awaiting him after being estranged from his family for three years.
Marjorie
Marjorie is a survivor who will not be undone by her male visitors, suicides, or a lost son who returns home with a chest full of shame too heavy to carry alone.
Zakara & Laquan
When Zakara touches Laquan's hand for the first time at mid court, amongst the cheers and celebrating crowd, somehow they know this is something bigger than basketball, bigger than Belize and the Garifuna — this is something cosmic and more powerful than everything in the known universe.
Larry
Larry pisses on the unconscious teenager he thinks molested his daughter, but uncovers a child pornography scandal that threatens the five wealthiest families in Tulsa.
Ascend
A pregnant woman travels to Atlanta to find her missing husband, but discovers the city has transformed; every hour is a day, and no one, not even the police, can protect her from an unbelievable danger.
The Last Black Woman in Boston
Random misery falls upon the White people in Boston with painful inconsistency ever since all the Black people left the city, except for an old drag queen named Ms. Haney, who goes by the stage name, Stardust.
Black Honey
President Twoine wants to go to Atlanta for Black Honey and uses the Black Counterinsugency, an elite military unit under Homeland Security, as his secret service detail despite warnings of a third Civil War, and militia groups converging to disrupt the month-long Juneteenth celebration in Atlanta.
I’ve always revered Toni Morrison. I created a to nod to her legacy as a writer with the creation of Black Arts Avenue.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel VM4. After reading That Nigga Look Dead my friend recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliffhanger at the end of every chapter, which meant I couldn’t put the novel down for three days.
In the middle of a crisis Keisha Turner’s AI assistant changes guides from the voice imprint of Idris Alba to bell hooks. Keisha trained her AI assistant of the collective works of bell hooks who talks her through her trauma.
In the middle of a crisis Keisha Turner’s AI assistant changes guides from the voice imprint of Idris Alba to bell hooks. Keisha trained her AI assistant of the collective works of bell hooks who talks her through her trauma.
In the middle of a crisis Keisha Turner’s AI assistant changes guides from the voice imprint of Idris Alba to bell hooks. Keisha trained her AI assistant of the collective works of bell hooks who talks her through her trauma.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
In the middle of a crisis Keisha Turner’s AI assistant changes guides from the voice imprint of Idris Alba to bell hooks. Keisha trained her AI assistant of the collective works of bell hooks who talks her through her trauma.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
In the middle of a crisis Keisha Turner’s AI assistant changes guides from the voice imprint of Idris Alba to bell hooks. Keisha trained her AI assistant of the collective works of bell hooks who talks her through her trauma.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
In the middle of a crisis Keisha Turner’s AI assistant changes guides from the voice imprint of Idris Alba to bell hooks. Keisha trained her AI assistant of the collective works of bell hooks who talks her through her trauma.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
I asked a friend to be a Beta reader for my novel. After reading That Nigga Look Dead she recommend I read Trees by Perceval Everret. There was a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter which meant I couldn’t put the novel down.
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