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

There Used to Be People Here

US | UK

By Kennedy Cole

A Black detective and his temporary partner are assigned to a case that shifts from murder to paranormal conspiracy with life-altering repercussions.

Chimera Skin

US | UK (e-book only)

By Johnny Compton

A short science-fiction horror novel in the vein of The Fly, The Thing, and I Am Legend.

Clear Water

US | UK (Audiobook only)

By Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes

One woman’s return to her small town, and the secrets of its haunted past, interweaving mystery, noir, myth, and horror.

A Good Haunting: Stories

US | UK

By Carol Mitchell

An often speculative story collection infused with Caribbean and African myths and cultures, exploring love, betrayal, motherhood, death, and home.

November 10

Welcome Home, Mariam

US | UK (Out December 21)

By Sanchita Mitra

An amnesiac woman returns to an isolated family home where the people, the town, and the house itself may be hiding a horrifying truth.

Nan’s Flowers

US | UK

By E. A. Coustaut

A woman has to leave her peaceful life and return to her duties for an international crime family. She escaped her family once. Can she do it again?

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.

These Hollow Bodies

By Z. K. Abraham

A cosmic horror that explores the darker side of creativity.

November 17

Black Dingo

US | UK

By Eugen Bacon

A short story collection that transverses transformative stories of longing and belonging, unlimited futures, a collision of worlds, and mythology.

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

Black Horror: Canonical Voices from Then to Now

US | UK (out November 17)

Edited by Chesya Burke and Maurice Broaddus

A collection of Black American horror short stories charting the evolution of Black American literary horror while boldly imagining its future.

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.

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