"These stories, all resonating with quiet wisdom and heart are what short stories should be: an outsized reward for the reader's time. A. K. Herman has an observant eye; a keen understanding of time and place and their effects on the individual, and a storytelling style that adds a welcome voice to the rich Caribbean literary tradition. The Believers is a gift to lovers of short fiction everywhere."— Rémy Ngamije, author of The Eternal Audience Of One and Only Stars Know The Meaning Of Space

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The Believers is a collection of questions delivered as short stories. Herman asks––how to balance faith and autonomy if it is possible to retain love in the face of violence, where activism meets disillusionment, and how memory can assuage loss. With incisive prose, Herman dexterously renders each character with admirable nuance, delivering emotionally resonant, illuminating and indelible stories." — Mubanga Kalimamukwento, author of Obligations to the Wounded