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The Black Girl Survives in This One : Horror Stories

Follett Number: 2161NE3
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Flatiron Books, 2024
Format: xiii, 354 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-25087-165-7
ISBN-10: 1-25087-165-4
LCCN: 2023-037614
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction; Story Collection

Subjects:

African Americans Fiction

Horror Fiction

Horror Stories

Short Stories

Harvesters / by L.L. McKinney -- Welcome back to the cosmos / by Kortney Nash -- Ghost light / by Erin E. Adams -- Brides of Devil's Bayou / by Desiree S. Evans -- TMI / by Zakiya Dalila Harris -- Black pride / by Justina Ireland -- Screamers / by Daka Hermon -- Queeniums for greenium! / by Brittney Morris -- Inheritance / by Camara Aaron -- Black girl nature group / by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite -- Cemetary dance party / by Saraciea J. Fennell -- Skittering thing / by Monica Brashears -- Black strings / by Vincent Tirado -- Local color / by Eden Royce -- Foxhunt / by Charlotte Nicole Davis. A collection of fiften horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive.

From the publisher:
INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER! "This anthology makes a statement: Black women belong in horror...Projects like this -- brave, necessary -- celebrate Black women, and will hopefully inspire the future of the genre." --The New York Times Book Review A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology. The bestselling and acclaimed authors include Erin E. Adams, Monica Brashears, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Daka Hermon, Justina Ireland, L.L. McKinney, Brittney Morris, Maika & Maritza Moulite, Eden Royce, and Vincent Tirado. The foreword is by Tananarive Due.

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