BIPOC Horror for 2021; February 18 2021

Early blog post day? Early blog post day! I’ve done some research and I’m too eager to share it with y’all to wait for Saturday!

I try to limit how many books I buy. I am, frankly speaking, poor, since I’m living off government assistance and dealing with a truckload of debt. Every book purchase has to mean something, for me. This year, I decided it wasn’t enough just to buy books I was interested in. I want to buy books I’m interested in, written by non-white authors.

My primary interest is in horror right now, so I took a look at all the horror releases of 2021 and looked up every author. Now, I don’t have the summaries of each book on-hand, but I’d encourage people to check out these titles and see if they appeal! In order of release date, these books are:

Scream to the Shadows, Tunku Halim

Taiping Tales of Terror, Julya Oui

Animal, Munish K. Batra, M.D. & Keith DeCandido

Root Magic, Eden Royce

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, Mariana Enriquez

The Route of Ice and Salt, José Luis Zárate

The Blood Prince of Langkasuka, Tutu Dutta

Children of Chicago, Cynthia Pelayo

Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap

Midnight Doorways, Usman T. Malik

A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed

Machinehood, S.B. Divya

Goddess of Filth, V. Castro

Beware: The Art of Goosebumps, Sarah Rodriguez

The Forest of Stolen Girls, June Hur

Sorrowland, Rivers Solomon

The Other Black Girl, Zakiya Dalila Harris

The All-Consuming World, Cassandra Khaw

The Queen of the Cicadas, V. Castro

The Taking of Jake Livingston, Ryan Douglass

My Heart is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones

Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Flowers for the Sea, Zin E. Rocklyn

Reprieve, James Han Mattson

Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw

The Night, Rodrigo Blanco Calderon, trans. Daniel Hahn & Noel Hernández

Within These Wicked Walls, Lauren Blackwood

The Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings

Next blog post, I might look into LGBTQ+ authors or other minority representations, but as a sneak peek for that (and just in case I end up blogging about something else) I want to vouch for The Last House on Needless Street, by Catriona Ward. I’ve read a copy in advance; it has some representation that is very important to me, but to say too much might spoil the read. It’s a fantastic story, and I implore y’all to check it out when it’s released this September!