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Amazing Horror by Black Authors!

If you’re ready for your next SPOOKY SCARY read, please please please let it be one of these three incredible picks.

Recommended Books

  1. Jackal by Erin E. Adams
  2. Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
  3. Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

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Books Mentioned

Thank you to MIRA/HTP and Simon Teen for the gifted copies!

Let’s Talk About Folk Horror (Round Two!)

Superstitions, isolation, rituals, folkloric creatures and myths and legends… I love it all.

Recommended Books

  1. The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
  2. Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
  3. Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan

Thank you to Tor Nightfire and Little, Brown, and Company for the gifted copies!

Give Me Some Cosmic Terror Any Time!!

Here are some books where the monsters (or entities) are indeed MONSTERS.

Recommended Books

  1. The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
  2. Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
  3. A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper

Thank you to Saga Press for the gifted copy!

What’s Your Favorite Folkloric Creature or Superstition?

Here’s some FOLK HORROR to make your Thursday just a little bit eerier.

Recommended Books

  1. Jackal by Erin E. Adams
  2. The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
  3. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Thank you to Bantam Books for the gifted copy!

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Closing Remarks

Follow along for more book recommendations and discussions about horror, folklore, and speculative fiction.