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.
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.
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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Favorites: the other one by Violet Allen, pressure by Ezra Daniels, Dark home by nnedi okorafor, flicker by L.D.Lewis, hide & seek by p.djeli clark
I enjoyed the writing of all of these stories. I don’t know that they all landed the horror elements but at the very least they had interesting plots. Some of the standouts were “Dark Home”, by Nnedi Okorafor, “Your Happy Place” by Terence Taylor, and “Hide & Seek” by P. Djèlí Clark.
The stories are very hit or miss. My standout stories were Lasiren, The Rider, The Aesthete, and Dark Home. Even if there were stories I enjoyed, I struggled to get through this book; I found myself not looking forward to reading it. A testament to that is that between the date I started reading this and the time I finished it I started 17!!! other books. I am not usually a fan of horror, so this is likely just not the genre for me. This is going to be loved by many other people. But those people aren't me.
