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Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror will be published on October 3 via Random House. It's curated by filmmaker Jordan Peele, who also provides an introduction and serves as editor with John Joseph Adams.

It features short stories by Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N.K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L.D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.

The 400-page book will be available in hardcover, e-book, and audio book. The synopsis is below.

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation. A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world... and redefine what it means to be afraid.

Pre-order Out There Screaming.

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Here is what I read in the month of October.

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard ⭐⭐⭐

Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan ⭐⭐⭐⭐

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison ⭐⭐⭐

American Rapture by CJ Leede ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways by Eve Kellman ⭐⭐

Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio ⭐⭐

The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel ⭐⭐⭐

Gay Club! by Simon James Green ⭐⭐⭐

This Girl’s a Killer by Emma C. Wells ⭐⭐⭐

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wilderness Reform by Harrison Query and Matt Query ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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I’ve been working my way through vampire novels of the African diaspora and posting mini reviews on twitter. I wanted to read more diverse representations of vampires after watching AMC’s Interview With The Vampire and what really stands out is how few I can find- while 2 of these have been published just this year 1 was first published in 1819 and as you can see there’s only a handful. Of the ones I’ve read so far my favorites are Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma and House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, but I will be updating.

Previously I made a list of vampire books across the Mexican diaspora here

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I wanted to share this cool picture I found in the ebook version of Dawn, at the end of the book.

"Butler with authors Tananarive Due, Jewelle Gomez (standing), Samuel R. Delany, and Steven Barnes (sitting) at Clark Atlanta University’s conference for African American science fiction writers—the first of its kind—in 1997."

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I love this picture of Octavia Butler with fellow Black Sci Fi writers in 1997! (I turned 7 years old that year) I wish I was older at the time so I could have been there 😊 It would have been amazing to see these five in the 90s, just writing sci fi and making a way for future Black sci fi writers.

So much talent in one image, wow.

[goodblacknews]

MUSIC MONDAY: "Golden Time of Day" - A Tribute to Frankie Beverly Playlist (LISTEN)

by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) Being your groove chauffeur at GBN is the closest I’ll ever come to having a blog or column. In the years I’ve pecked write-ups for these Music Monday playlists, I have often discovered new tracks and artists in an attempt to be comprehensive in my collections. I have more than once received wonderful…

[harveyguillensource]

Harvey was a guest on Interview with the Vampire’s aftershow, Obsessed with the Vampire, hosted by Cameron Esposito! He was joined by fellow guests Cassandra Peterson/Elvira, David Dastmalchian, Tananarive Due, and Maura Athari.

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Tatiana Maslany via Steven Barnes on Facebook

[backlogbooks]

just finished the reformatory! dont know what to do with myself! it feels stupid to say a book that just won the stoker award for superior achievement in a novel is great, because obviously it's great, but oh my god!

[caribeandthebooks]

Caribe's New Works by Black Authors TBR - Part 2

Category: Mystery & Horror

[brokehorrorfan]

The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand will be published in hardcover and e-book on August 19, 2025 via Gallery Books.

Edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, the anthology features 34 short stories based on The Stand. It includes an introduction by Stephen King, a foreword by Golden, and an afterword by Keene.

Contributors include Wayne Brady & Maurice Broaddus, Poppy Z. Brite, Somer Canon, C. Robert Cargill, Nat Cassidy, V. Castro, Richard Chizmar, S.A. Cosby, Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes, Meg Gardiner, Gabino Iglesias, Jonathan Janz, Alma Katsu, Caroline Kepnes, Michael Koryta, Sarah Langan, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Josh Malerman, Ronald Malfi, Usman T. Malik, Premee Mohamed, Cynthia Pelayo, Hailey Piper, David J. Schow, Alex Segura, Bryan Smith, Paul Tremblay, Catherynne M. Valente, Bev Vincent, Catriona Ward, Chuck Wendig, Wrath James White, and Rio Youers.

Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered Stephen King’s seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted twice for television. Although there are other extraordinary works exploring the unraveling of human society, none have been as influential as this iconic novel—generations of writers have been impacted by its dark yet ultimately hopeful vision of the end and new beginning of civilization, and its stunning array of characters. Now for the first time, Stephen King has fully authorized a return to the harrowing world of The Stand through this original short story anthology as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Bringing together some of today’s greatest and most visionary writers, The End of the World As We Know It features unforgettable, all-new stories set during and after (and some perhaps long after) the events of The Stand—brilliant, terrifying, and painfully human tales that will resonate with readers everywhere as an essential companion to the classic, bestselling novel.

Pre-order The End of the World As We Know It.

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Whoever put together this panel for the finale needs to get a promotion

[kammartinez]

“I don’t b’lieve in ‘evil’ in most ways,” Miz Lottie said. “I believe in the devil, all right, but man don’t need no help from Satan to do what folks call ‘evil.’ Man do evil ev’ry day and call it doin’ their job. Slave drivers was ‘doin’ their job,’ beatin’ the skin off folks. Slave catchers settin’ dogs to rip out eyes and limbs. Don’t nobody know to this day how many Negro men and boys got kilt on McCormack’s land when Isaiah Timmons faced McCormack with a shotgun looking for his missing sons. Back in ’09, that was. I guess the sheriff was jus’ ‘doin’ his job’ when he rounded up men that had nothin’ to do with Timmons and his gun—and nobody saw ’em again. ’Cuz, see, colored folks fighting for what’s theirs is like a virus to white folks—and they kill a virus so it don’t spread. That killing is the work of man, not the devil. And if there’s any such thing as evil on this earth, Gloria, it’s here in Gracetown. In the soil, hear? Gracetown soil remembers. It’s like a mirror that shines yo’ ugly back at you.”

from The Reformatory, by Tananarive Due

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When Hilton was just a boy, his aged grandmother saved him from drowning by pulling him out of a treacherous ocean current, sacrificing her life for his. Now, thirty years later, Hilton begins to think his borrowed time is running out. His wife, the only elected African–American judge in Dade County, Florida, has begun receiving racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, and Hilton's sleep is plagued by nightmares more horrible than any he has ever experienced. As he battles both the psychotic stalking of his family and the unseen enemy that haunts his sleep, Hilton's sense of reality is slipping away.

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Summerween Day 5: Horror that Horrifies

This is part of the Summerween 2024 recommendations. See the masterpost here.

These are stories that worked their way under my skin. Heed any warnings!

Maeve Fly | C.J. Leede: American Psycho, if Patrick Bateman worked at a Disney-adjacent place. I also had the pleasure of reading American Rapture as an ARC and holy shit it's good.

The Long Walk | Stephen King: 100 boys compete in a walking competition and the winner gets anything they want. But that's too easy, if you walk too slow or take too long a break, you buy your ticket.

Hypnagogia | Michael F. Simpson: This one doesn't have a traditional plot but is a nasty exploration of the self, identity, and the body.

The Reformatory | Tananarive Due: Horror based in fact on the 'schools' where Black boys were sent during Jim Crowe times. Ghosts abound, but even death doesn't let you escape.

The Indian Lake Trilogy | Stephen Graham Jones: An absolute love letter to slasher movies of the 80s/90s. Jade is an amazing final girl.

The Ruins | Scott Smith: Don't bother with the movie, it doesn't capture how vile and fun the slasher turns out.

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Nope and the Making of the Spectacle

In this short post, I hope to break down the making of spectacle in the film, Nope (2022).

The film, first off, is a subversion of the Western genre. It operates on an aspect ratio ranging from 1.33:1 to 2.20:1, following the traditional widescreen model of the Western which values the spectacle of landscape, the Wild Wild West. The film relies on the widescreen to showcase key horror elements, emphasizing vastness, emptiness, and a fear of something bigger than you.

Also important to note is how the film uses darkness to make said landscape more intimidating, which plays on the fear of smallness as opposed to largeness of environment.

This brings me to the topic of eldritch horror, a horror subgenre which Peele explores with Jean Jacket. Eldritch horror is plainly defined as a fear of the uncanny, though, can be expanded to include the fear of the uncanny and one’s realization that they are meaningless in comparison. Jean Jacket, a being which poses itself against all known laws of worldliness, can be described as an eldritch abomination; a spectacle to behold. Commonly with the eldritch abomination, simply looking at it spells death or madness for the witness, which we see in Nope as looking at Jean Jacket (beholding it) means death. 

However, something that was interesting is that Peele denotes Jean Jacket to an animal by using animal logic to defeat it. See, Jean Jacket definitely is an iteration of the eldritch abomination, but the plot twist is that Jean Jacket’s existence is much more grounded. This ties in to the overarching theme of the film, which is the reaction of the animal when it has been turned into a spectacle. The film starts off with this quote:

“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a spectacle"

This quote sets up the arcs of both Gordy and Jean Jacket, both in parallel to one another as to what happens when humanity errs too close to the boundaries of control. Gordy, a full grown chimpanzee who is personified/humanized for entertainment, kills the cast of Gordy’s Home as a result of being made into a spectacle (and is thus killed for responding like any animal would to a sudden noise). Jean Jacket refuses to be exploited, and instead eats those who behold it.

This opens up another point of discussion as to how animals in the entertainment industry are exploited for the simple spectacle of being tamed or “friendly”, thus we have instances like with OJ’s horse “Lucky” wherein the animal’s comfortability is disregarded for the simple fact that it is viewed as a prop.

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i miss tananarive due's commentary on the iwtv podcast. on the eps 5 podcast, she mentioned that lestat "believes" he loves louis, but is too violently jealous of claudia for this to be true. i think she would have given excellent commentary on the horror of armand and louis's relationship.