The Black girl survives in this one : horror stories / edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell.

Title :

The Black girl survives in this one : horror stories

Format:

Books

Summary:

A collection of fiften horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive.

Language:

English

Audience:

Ages 12-18. Flatiron Books.

ISBN - ISSN:

9781250871657

1250871654

Physical Description:

xiii, 354 pages ; 22 cm.

Contents:

Harvesters / L.L. McKinney -- Welcome back to the cosmos / Kortney Nash -- Ghost light / Eric E. Adams -- The brides of Devil's Bayou / Desiree S. Evans -- TMI / Zakiya Dalila Harris -- Black pride / Justina Ireland -- The screamers / Daka Hermon -- Queeniums for Greenium! / Brittney Morris -- Ihnheritance / Camara Aaron -- Black girl nature group / Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite -- Cemetery dance party / Saraciea J. Fennell -- The skittering thing / Monica Brashears -- The black strings / Vincent Tirado -- Local color / Eden Royce -- Foxhunt / Charlotte Nicole Davis.

Subject:

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Monsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Fiction.

Horror stories.

Short stories.

Young adult literature.

Horror fiction.

Paranormal fiction.

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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.

Author Notes

Desiree S. Evans (editor) is a writer from the Louisiana bayou. She currently lives in New Orleans, where she spins spooky and fantastical tales for kids, teens, and adults. Desiree holds an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin, as well as degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and international affairs from Columbia University. Connect with Desiree on her website at desiree-evans.com and on Instagram/Twitter at @literarydesiree.

Saraciea J. Fennell (editor) is a Black Honduran American writer, founder of The Bronx is Reading, and creator of Honduran Garifuna Writers. She is also a book publicist who has worked with many award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors. She is the editor of the nonfiction anthology, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, and her work has appeared in Popsugar, Refinery29, and Culturess, among others. Sign up for her newsletter, Black Girl Dreaming, on Substack for more of her writing. She lives in the Bronx with her family and black poodle, Oreo.

Contributors:
Camara Aaron
Erin E. Adams
Monica Brashears
Charlotte Nicole Davis
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Daka Hermon
Justina Ireland
L.L. McKinney
Brittney Morris
Maika & Maritza Moulite
Kortney Nash
Eden Royce
Vincent Tirado
Tananarive Due (foreword)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Using authentic voices to detail Black experiences through a horror lens, debut creator Evans and Fennell (Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed) aim to ensure that Black girls survive their gruesome respective situations via a stellar lineup of 15 Black writers--including Zakiya Dahlia Harris, Justina Ireland, and Brittney Morris--in this unforgettable collaboration. L.L. McKinney sets the tone with the fast-paced, spine-chilling "Harvesters," in which teens attend a house party that goes awry and end up being hunted by monsters in a "ghost corn" field. Other stories feature genre-bending themes of fantasy, romance, and sci-fi; Kourtney Nash's "Welcome Back to the Cosmos" paints a terrorizing picture of a space explorer struggling to do her job while remembering the myths her mother told her about beings "stealing faces." Through vivid dialogue and descriptions of ancestral practices like hoodoo, Black culture remains at the forefront of each story, as in anthology editor Desiree S. Evans's "The Brides of Devil's Bayou," in which a Black teen fights a demon that for generations has been abducting girls from one family the day they turn 19. An insightful foreword by Tananarive Due outlines a brief history of how Black girls are portrayed in horror. Ages 12--up. (Apr.)

Kirkus Review

A well-crafted horror anthology containing 15 stories that cleverly reimagine familiar tropes and cliches. In their dedication, editors and contributors Evans and Fennell address "all the Black girls who have been aching to…come out on top as the Final Girl." Defying the genre's preference for centering white heroines, this collection features Black girls who are fighters and survivors, breakers of generational curses and slayers of evil. The stories contain deft social commentary, and many investigate the monstrosities of the human condition. Cinematic standouts include Justina Ireland's "Black Pride," a radical take on werewolves set during the era of the Black Panther Party; Brittney Morris' "Queeniums for Greenium!," about a reluctant newcomer to a cult disguised as a multilevel marketing group; and Charlotte Nicole Davis' "Foxhunt," starring a high schooler who becomes the intended prey for a fatal game based on the brutality of chattel slavery. Other authors delve into paranormal frights shaped by cultural folklore, such as Evans' "The Brides of Devil's Bayou," which follows a college student from rural Louisiana who returns home to confront a maternal inheritance involving a terrifying deal with a demon. This collection provides much-needed representation of Black girls who refuse to be martyrs, sassy sidekicks, or casualties on the path to a white character's inevitable triumph. An engaging volume that breathes necessary life into the horror genre, showcasing the best of what goes bump in the night. (contributor biographies) (Horror anthology. 13-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.