Out There Screaming

Out There Screaming

Jordan Peele

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The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation. A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world . . . and redefine what it means to be afraid. Featuring stories by: Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L. D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.


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    Overall strong collection, with a few misses from authors that I otherwise think highly of. The works by Jemisin, Roanhorse, Okorafor, Hopkinson, and Due were of course as exceptional as I expected, bringing a wonderful sense of what the collection is as a cohesive whole. The story by P. Djéli Clark was also an enjoyable ride.

    In addition, I enjoyed the stories by Adams and Broaddus, whom I haven't read much of before!

    There were some disappointments throughout the book, notably the story by Turnbull whom I usually really enjoy the work of. The story lost me with a lack of cohesion to whatever message it was trying to make? Still very well written, I just didn't think it worked for me as a reader.

    Wonderful collection overall, and definitely recommend it!

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