Required Reading
Some texts have been around for decades; others are just out this year. As one attendee who followed my instructions mentioned afterwards, ours was an expensive panel!
This list of works by black women in horror is not intended to be exhaustive, so don’t @ me. It is my way of celebrating the black women who were honored at StokerCon 2023 and/or offered their support to our panel and Dealer’s Room table.
You can buy most of their works at my Bookshop list here and the others at the links below.
The Gilda Stories, by Jewelle Gomez
How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend, by Linda D. Addison
The Reluctant Dead, by Nuzo Onoh
The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry, by Sumiko Saulson
Daymares, by Kenya Moss-Dyme
Jackal, by Erin E. Adams
The Promise Keeper, by L. Marie Wood
Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted, by R.J. Joseph
Gypsy Kisses and Voodoo Wishes, by Denise Tapscott
Sycorax’s Daughters, Editied by Kinitra Brooks, Linda D. Addison, Susana Morris
SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire, Edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz
Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead, Edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz and Tonia Ransom
Black Magic Women: Terrifying Tales by Scary Sisters, Edited by Sumiko Saulson