Ring Shout, or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times is a dark historical southern gothic fantasy novella written by American fiction writer P. Djèlí Clark.

She is joined by fellow hunters Sadie Watkins and Cordelia Lawrence, as a supernatural evil is rising in an alternate history of 1920s Macon, Georgia.

[1] Clark was inspired by various aspects of his previous research experiences concerning Works Progress Administration ex-slave narratives, the music of the ring shout practice, the Gullah culture, and the controversial The Birth of a Nation (1915) film as he developed the novella.

[1][2] Clark has stated that while he had important themes in mind for the work during its drafting process, leading up to its release, he prefers for his audience to form their own interpretations of the novella and its relevance within recent movements and struggles.

Before the beginning of the story, the Second Klan came to be on November 25, 1915, on the day the trio refers to as "D-Day" or "Devil's Night", when an old witch summoned the "Ku Kluxes" at Stone Mountain in Atlanta.

Despite the efforts of formerly enslaved persons such as Robert Smalls to disband the first Klan, they were not able to wipe out the monsters that feed off the hatred and killing of innocent African Americans in the United States.

Due to the release of The Birth of a Nation, a product of dark magic, many white people were swayed into believing the narrative of the Ku Klux Klan as saviors and African Americans as evil.

When the girls aren't hunting monsters, they operate the business of spreading "Mama's Water", provided by their leader, throughout Georgia to ward off the supernatural and human evils of the Klan and white people.

Despite their unique skills fighting against the Ku Kluxes and the wisdom provided by their Gullah leader, Nana Jean, the Klan continues to threaten the lives of many with violence and dark magic.

Maryse has the unique ability to summon a sword, originating from supernatural forces associated with ancient African gods, capable of attracting dead spirits only she can see.

They can walk on all fours, grow huge torsos, stand nine feet tall, and have sharp claws, contorted limbs, spiky teeth, long snouts, and more grotesque features.

NPR's Danny Lore describes the story as "a demonic horror twist on the Jim Crow South," praising "Clark's craft and thoughtfulness... in his use of history", and his "incredibly lively cast" of characters.

[31] That same month, Clark revealed on his blog, The Musings of a Disgruntled Haradrim..., his conversations with Lemmons, Layne, and producers, while sharing his excitement for the adaptation's development.