how his sacrifice on behalf of the judge and the
party he represents, feels “Revolution surg[e]
through him,” and he resorts to “plotting, plotting”
during his term of hard labor.
“The Voodoo’s Revenge” won third prize in the
first literary contest sponsored by OPPORTUNITY,the
official publication of the NATIONAL URBAN
LEAGUE. First and second prizes went to JOHN
MATHEUSfor “FOG” and ZORANEALEHURSTON
for “SPUNK,” respectively. Walrond’s fiction often
examines the psychological torment of characters,
and his focus on West Indian communities also ex-
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