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.

November 3




November 10



Ghosted
By Talia Tucker
What if you got ghosted and had the chance to do the funniest thing by haunting him right back? A story about the demons that h(a)unt us and how we can choose to fight back.

November 17


Dive
By Allison Mick
A series of interconnected horror stories alternately gross, funny, and heart breaking about The Liz, punk bar filled with all sorts of characters, including vampires.

Salt Water Blood
By Manuia Heinrich
A young adult speculative thriller where an Indigenous teen fights to clear her brother of a murder charge by embracing her gift of hearing the sea’s prophetic thoughts.

Line of Descent
By Adam Oyebanji
A thriller set aboard a hurtling spacecraft: when a mysterious kidnapping sparks turmoil on a generation ship, humanity’s bid for the stars faces disaster.
November 24

November 27

Fever Bridge
(international readers will likely be able to access this once published through the Masobe Books app)
By Akpoebi Nora Ojeke
An unexplained tragedy. A handsome stranger. A house of ghosts and memories. In this fresh take on the Gothic tale, a young Nigerian woman returns to the family mansion where her brother died—only to find the past ready to consume her.
ICYMI – previous new releases
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Nailah King is a horror and crime writer and the host of Talk Your Lit Podcast, a show featuring dark fiction by BIPOC authors for the ghouls next door. She writes grim stories about haunted Black women pushed to the brink. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Feels Zine, GUTS Magazine, The Humber Literary Review, Transition Magazine, This Magazine and Carousel Magazine, and DEAD PRETTY. Nailah’s short story, “The Dead Last List” was one of the winning entries of Night Terror Magazine’s 2024 Horror for the Holidays short story competition. When she’s not writing or at the mic, she’s being bullied by her cats in Scotland.





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