Recs if you like Skin Folk...

Representations of the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction. Recommendations welcome!

in the first edition of ‘the monstrous-feminine’, barbara creed challenges the dominant representation of women in horror films as victims, arguing that patriarchal ideology constructs women as monstrous because of their sexuality (or lack thereof).

later, creed reinterprets the monstrous-feminine as a being who embraces her body and reclaims her otherness. in line with this contemporary vision, these are books which use horror to redefine notions of ‘womanhood’.

recommendations welcome!

africanfuturism & afrofuturism see african and african-diasporic writers (respectively) explore Black culture, history, mythology and power through new futures, technologies, and speculative imaginings. these books offer a glimpse into afrofuturist & africanfuturist worlds.

short story collections by a single author in a variety of genres. recommendations welcome!

Retellings of the Bluebeard legend

Short story collections in any genre, all stories by a single author.

He's rich. You hope that's all it is. Don't ask about the locked room.

100 short books for when you need to break a reading slump or reach a reading goal.