<p>Kirah was born from an improbable interracial relationship that, in central Florida&rsquo;s infamous Asurupa County, defied all the odds. But her idyllic childhood was shattered by an urban legend come to life. The &ldquo;Gatorman&rdquo; was a nightmare on the lips of kids and grown-ups alike all the way back to Jim Crow: a monster with the body of a man, the head of an alligator&mdash;and a taste for Black children. That&rsquo;s who crawled into Kirah&rsquo;s window when Kirah was just five years old. According to the police, it was Kirah&rsquo;s own father who put on that gator mask and tried to kill her.Twenty years later, Kirah works hard to build a life unburdened by the traumatic events of her childhood. Just when it seems like she&rsquo;s managed to find her stride, her dad, fresh out of prison, crashes back into her world with a chilling message: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s coming for you.&rdquo;Finally forced to face the hideous family history she&rsquo;s been avoiding, Kirah sets off to discover where, and who, she truly came from. And the more she learns, the more disturbing the whole picture becomes. Turns out there&rsquo;s a lot more to the Gatorman than Kirah thought, and even worse: he isn&rsquo;t through with her just yet.A clever hybrid of swamp noir, slasher horror, and social satire&mdash;and brought to life by Camilla Sucre&rsquo;s vivid illustrations&mdash;Mama Came Callin&rsquo; is a story about family and legacies, both the ones we inherit and the ones we can&rsquo;t escape.</p>