#rion amilcar scott

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I could see only the hole at the core of him, and before I passed out, I marveled at how a blast of light from the moon could make even a fatal wound appear beautiful.

Rion Amilcar Scott, from "A Grief of the Dead"

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note: If you did not finish but feel you read enough to form an opinion, you may choose a ‘Yes’ option instead of 'Partly' (e.g., Yes, I didn’t like it). Interpret "neutral or complicated" however you like, I intended this category to be a broad option between like and dislike.

A collection of horror–inspired flash fiction, featuring over 40 new stories from literary, horror, and emerging writers—edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto, the twisted minds behind Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder. In this playful, inventive collection, leading literary and horror writers spin chilling tales in only a few pages. Each slim, fast–moving story brings to life the kind of monsters readers love to fear, from brokenhearted vampires to Uber–taking serial killers and mind–reading witches. But what also makes Tiny Nightmares so bloodcurdling—and unforgettable—are the real–world horrors that writers such as Samantha Hunt, Brian Evenson, Jac Jemc, Stephen Graham Jones, Lilliam Rivera, Kevin Brockmeier, and Rion Amilcar Scott weave into their fictions, exploring how global warming, racism, social media addiction, and homelessness are just as frightening as, say, a vampire’s fangs sinking into your neck.

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Summer Reading Log 2024 PT 13.

Poor Things (1992) by Alasdair Gray

The Angel Of Indian Lake (2024) by Stephen Graham Jones

Silverfish (2020) by Rone Shavers

Shigidi And The Brass Head Of Obalufon (2023) by Wole Talabi

The Shape Were In (2001) by Jonathan Lethem

Out There Screaming: An Anthology Of New Black Horror (2023) edited by Jordan Peele and written 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 Left Hand Of Darkness (1969) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert

Dune Messiah (1969) by Frank Herbert

The Heroes (2011) by Joe Abercrombie

The Coming Of The Old Ones (2019) by Jeffery Thomas

Horror Movie (2024) by Paul Tremblay

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Some days I wonder after my twin brother’s body—at all the ways in which decomposition has deformed it. We no longer look alike, of course. Trace elements of resemblance remain, I’m sure, but my cells are regenerating, his are not. Also, one can’t forget the holes ripped in his body because of a confused man’s nihilism. The minute those bullets blew wide cavities through my brother’s head and his chest, we stopped being identical. Unless there is some extraordinary circumstance, even when I die and my body begins to crumble as his is crumbling, we’ll never mirror each other again.

A Grief of the Dead by Rion Amilcar Scott; Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele

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1/7 — “David Sherman, The Last Son of God” by Rion Amilcar Scott

from The World Doesn't Require You, originally published on Midnight Breakfast

Early in the story, we get the basic background and premise of the story:

This story, though, isn’t about God. It’s about one of His sons. Not His son in the metaphorical sense—well, he was, as we all are the children of God—but more so he was His son in the physical sense.

David Sherman was God’s last son. The youngest child of thirteen by five different women who lined up to have children with the fleshy embodiment of All Things in Existence.

As the story acknowledges, this could be some kind of “metaphorical” sense, but it isn’t, or it could be handled more cynically, but instead it sets up this idea and treats it literal and true and goes from there, in sometimes surprising and often really powerful ways.

Been meaning to pick up this collection for a while. Excited to read more from it!

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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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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. Featuring 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.

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finished out there screaming edited by jordan peele. top 5 right now

Reckless Eyeballing by N K Jemisin. i need to read more of her. its the first story in the book and probably my favorite

The Rider by Tananarive Due. well yea

Pressure by Ezra Claytan Daniels. very hm Atmospheric. sad and slow :(

The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World by Nalo Hopkinson. YEAHHHH BABY!!!

A Grief of the Dead by Rion Amilcar Scott. a anticlimax that i liked a lot

[sistahscifi]

Out There Screaming is included in @Time Magazine 15 Books to read in October!!!

The anthropology is centered on exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.

OUT THERE SCREAMING features 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.

We have a limited number of hardcover editions signed by the Queen of Black Horror, Tananarive Due

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This list includes a list of 5 anthologies coming out between now, and the end of the year! I am based in the UK and therefore all dates and relevant links I have found reflect this!

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology

Published by Titian Books on September 12th 

Look I have not really enjoyed any dark academia I have read, nor have read from any of these authors so this is a risky choice. However, this is the season for dark academia and I am intrigued. This collection of 12 stories includes well known authors of the genre (sub genre?) Olivie Blake & M.L. Rio as well as David Bell, Susie Yang, Layne Fargo, J.T. Ellison, James Tate Hill, Kelly Andrew, Phoebe Qynne, Kate Weinberg, Helen Grant & Tori Bovalino. 

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Peach Pit 

Published by Dzanc Books on September 12th 

A collection of 16 stories about and following unlikeable, unhinged and monstrous women. Which basically sums up some of my favourite types of short story collections. With story description makes it sound similar to other collections such as Out There with a bit of Cursed Bunny. Edited by Molly Llewllyn and Kristel Buckly featuring stories from; Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, Megan Giddings, Sarah Rose Etter, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Alicia Elliott, Chana Porter, Alice Ash, Maisy Card, Vanessa Chan, Chantal V. Johnson, Amada Leduc, Alison Rumfitt, Yah Yah Scholfield & Aliya Whitely.

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Mermaids Never Drown 

Published by Titian Press (UK) / Feiwel & Friends (US) on September 26th 

From the team behind Vampires Never Get Old (which you may know about from the Story ‘First Kill’ which became a Netflix show) comes a second Young Adult collection exploring mermaids. Edited again by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker and featuring many well known and beloved YA authors such as Darcie Little Badger, Kalynn Bayron, Preeti Chhibber, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Julie C. Dao, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Adriana Herrera, June Hur, Katherine Locke, Kerri Maniscalco, Julie Murphy, Gretchen Schreiber, and Julian Winters. I am particularly excited to see Darcie Little Badger who I have loved both their long work (Elatose) and their short fiction (in Love Beyond Body Space and Time) and also I am intrigued by June Hur who I have only read Historical mystery work from so this will be a different spin.

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Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror 

Published by Random House on October 3rd 

An anthology I surprisingly only found out about when putting together this list. Out There Screaming is a collection of stories edited by writer and director Jordan Peele. It is an 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. Alongside an introduction from Jordan Peele it also features 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. 

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The Book of Witches 

Published by HarperVoyager on August 1st (US) and October 26th (UK)

Edited by Jonathan Strahan the editor from The Book of Dragons and featuring art from artist Alyssa Winans throughout This is large collection focusing around witches featuring 29 stories and poems from well known contemporary SFF authors; Linda Addison, C.L. Clark, P Djeli Clark, Indrapramit Das, Amal El Mohtar, Andrea Hairston, Millie Ho, Saad Hossain, Kathleen Jennings, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Khaw, Fonda Lee, Darcie Little Badger, Ken Liu, Usman T. Malik, Maureen F. McHugh, Premee Mohamed, Garth Nix, Tobi Ogundiran, Tochi Onyebuchi, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Kelly Robson, Angela Slatter, Andrea Stewart, Emily Teng, Sheree Renée Thomas, Tade Thompson, and E. Lily Yu. This is a must pick up for me for two reasons, I enjoyed reading The Book of Dragons last year, and found some new favourite short stories, and two it includes some of my favourite authors. So even if I only enjoy their stories this would be a win for me!

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Tiny Nightmares

⭐⭐⭐💫/5

👻👻👻/5 I picked this book up for the cover. Not even going to lie. I love me a good creepy pasta, so this book tickled my sick sick funny bone. Overall, there were a lot of stories that fell flat, but some of them were breathtaking, heart racing, and downright bone chilling. Here are a few of my faves. Some of these are definitely reminiscent of "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark", others are absolutely bone chilling.

This book is also just incredibly aesthetically pleasing.

Before you read the anthology, I *highly* recommend checking content warnings.

Heads – this section seems to feature stories that have a focus on, you guessed it, heads. A little mind-fuckery too.

Jane Death Theory #13 Rion Amilcar Scott This is a whopping 2.5 (if that) pages that packs a super mega punch. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Unbeknownst Matthew Vollmer Creepy in the unsettling way that this *could* be a thing and we’d never know. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lone by Jac Jemc “She took a photo of the sky, disappointed by the dimness of the stars as they appeared on her phone’s screen.” This lil gem has the pure essence of a creepypasta– the exact reason I picked up this book. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Hearts– stories that make your heart race, deal with the heart, etc.

The Owner by Whitney Collins When I tell you I gasped– ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Candy Boii Sam J. Miller I’m not even on to the second page yet and I can feel my heart thundering. “We think we’re safe, speaking through software. But we’re not. We’ve already let them in.” This story had impeccable creepypasta vibes. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Marriage Variations by Monique Laban A choose your own adventure horror tale. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Limbs– extremity horror

Pincer and Tongue Stephen Graham Jones When I tell y’all I screamed when I saw my mans as the author here. I F’in love me some SGJ. ,(Did I bother to read the cover of the book beyond the title? Apparently not. ) Stephen Graham Jones has a talent for pulling twists out of left field and I am here for it. Also includes my biggest fear and ick (plot twist, it’s not the vampire or the werewolf) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Mask, the Ride, the Bag Chase Burke ⭐ c r e e p y p a s t a ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#mothermayhem Jei D. Marcade IF you have ever seen the Three Extremes, #Mothermayhem could have made it 4. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Viscera- gore Caravan Pedro Iniguez Oh… OH ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Human Milk for Human Babies Lindsay King-Miller This should have been in head. Like 100% ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Parakeets Kevin Brockmeier Immediately looking to see if there are any full length books this man has released. Oh my god. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Should I have read this right before bed? God no. But here I am.

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Our critic Michael Schaub says Rion Amilcar Scott’s new story collection The World Doesn’t Require You “isn't just one of the most inventive books of the year, it's also one of the best.” Find his full review here.

-- Petra

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My question is this: that retreat Hudson talks about, that spot where he's feeling peaceful but also tormented by the water & the spirits beneath the water, is that feeling solitude or loneliness?

Rion Amilcar Scott, The World Doesn’t Require You

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New from Liveright and the winner of the Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize, Rion Amilcar Scott, The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories. (Listen to the NPR review here.)

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LibraryReads votes due by 7/1!

Want inventive stories on the LibraryReads list?  Want diverse voices on the LibraryReads list? Want something really interesting to read in August?  It’s up to you.  Vote now!

Digital ARCs are still available for librarians and booksellers to request on Edelweiss and Netgalley. 

“Scott’s bold and often outlandish imagination makes for stories that may be difficult to define, but whose emotional authenticity is never once in doubt.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Mischievous, relentlessly inventive stories whose interweaving content swerves from down-home grit to dreamlike grotesque. . . Mordantly bizarre and trenchantly observant, these stories stake out fresh territory in the nation's literary landscape.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“As a whole, the collection weaves incisive criticism, dark humor, and magical realism in unexpected and arresting explorations of belief, love, justice, and violence.”—Arianna Rebolini, Buzzfeed

“A bold new talent emerges with this boundary-shattering collection of linked stories set in fictional Cross County, Maryland, founded by the leaders of America’s only successful slave uprising. Characters range from robots to sons of God in these magical realist stories about race, religion, and violence. Think of it as Faulkner meets Asimov.” —Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire

“His newest story collection displays the expansive creative genius of Rion Amilcar Scott, who has created a world so vivid and whole, it's hard to return to reality after spending time in it. Scott's creation is the fictional Cross River, in Maryland, a town long-ago established by the leaders of America's sole successful slave rebellion—as origin myths go, it's a powerful one, and it still echoes within its residents' consciousness generations later. Scott introduces us to a cast of finely wrought characters, all of whom grapple with issues related to power, violence, love—life. Scott's prose sparkles—it's absurdist at times, surreal, and hilarious, but it's always profoundly affecting, an essential reminder of all the people who've had to construct a home for themselves in a hostile world. That they've done so with brilliance and grace is not because of the unfriendly people around them but in spite of them. —Kristin Iverson, Nylon

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Inland by Téa Obreht

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UK: https://amzn.to/2MSauRY

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa https://amzn.to/2KmVDxC

The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott https://amzn.to/2KlmcD0

They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez https://amzn.to/2KjUUwS 

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton https://amzn.to/2GOMGeb