Eightfold Path

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From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by Buddhist teachings. Eight strangers seeking enlightenment from an ancient spiritual teacher find themselves trapped in a cave during a fierce snowstorm. An acolyte encourages them to share stories that hold lessons for the group as they wait. Each traveler recounts a tale that symbolizes a facet of final enlightenment in Buddhism, weaving narratives of horror, dystopia, high adventure, cyberpunk, and urban fantasy. These stories serve as spokes on the Dharma wheel, guiding the travelers toward their true destiny and the future of humanity. This collection draws from pop-culture morality anthologies like The Twilight Zone and Lovecraft Country, while also echoing the science fiction pulps of the 1950s and 1960s. It remixes classic narratives such as Plato's Allegory of the Cave and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales through a contemporary, spiritually centered lens. In this anthology, the destinies of the characters unfold as they heed the lessons embedded in each entrancing tale.