Curated by Nailah King

A recurring column spotlighting the best horror, thriller, crime, and dark fiction by BIPOC authors.

Note: Book blurbs sourced from publishers/online listings.

July 7

Brokeula

By Michael J. Seidlinger

A broke vampire’s last-ditch effort to escape the bloodsucking monster of capitalism through an ill-conceived multi-level marketing scheme.

Note: UK release is on August 20

Wisdom Corner

By David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Virgil Wounded Horse returns in the sequel to Winter Counts, trying to leave behind his past as a hired enforcer. But when a revered figure on the reservation is found murdered, he is drawn back into a world he thought he’d escaped.

Note: UK release is on July 16

False Prophet

By Afsheen Farhadi

A grieving actor-turned-memoirist reimagines his mother’s encounter with Jim Jones, the deadliest cult leader of all time—the only problem is, it’s mostly all lies.

Note: UK release is on July 9

July 14

Hustle, Baby

By Priya Guns

A family of Tamil refugees who fled civil war in Sri Lanka to pursue a better life, just for it to be upended by the schemes of a self-proclaimed day-trading savant, jeopardizing everything they’ve worked so desperately to secure.

Note: UK Release is on Sept 3

The Devoted

By Catherine Cho

A young Korean woman becomes entrenched in an infamous crime organization—and the dangerous world she once sought to escape.

A Quiet Place

By Seichō Matsumoto
Translated by Louise Heal Kawai

A psychological mystery exploring the corrosive power of jealousy, guilt, and doubt.

July 15

My Monsters Ain’t Like Yours

By RJ Joseph

Monsters are personal. Monsters are universal. Our fears are much more similar than dissimilar. This means my monsters are absolutely like yours: they are our collective nightmares.

July 16

The Intrigue

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con.

July 21

Cool Machine: A Novel

(The Harlem Trilogy #3)

By Colson Whitehead

In the finale to The Harlem Trilogy, Whitehead paints a portrait of a city in transition, where shimmering skyscrapers rise to the heavens as displaced people huddle in abandoned tunnels below.

Funerals Are for the Living

By Sami Ellis

A YA horror about a girl kidnapped by a racist cult after investigating the supernatural happenings at her sister’s gravesite

Note: UK Release is on Aug 20

July 28

West of Damnation: The Book of Malcolm

By Jalen Tellis

West of Damnation is a haunting, blood-soaked journey through faith, damnation, and the last breath of the American frontier.

It’s Under the Deck

By Jacy Morris

Phil, who discovers something dying under his deck, emitting a horrid stench. When he attempts to remove the corpse, strange things begin to happen, and Phil descends into a strange pit of insanity.

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