The Black Girl Survives in This One
Horror Stories
Flatiron Books · Print & ebook · June 17, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- Fifteen horror stories put Black girls at the center—as heroes who face monsters and survive.
- Themes
- Black girls in horror, Survival, Facing human and supernatural monsters
- Pacing
- Fast
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INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER! Locus Award Winner Ignyte Award Finalist “This anthology makes a statement: Black women belong in horror…Projects like this — brave, necessary — celebrate Black women, and will hopefully inspire the future of the genre.” —The New York Times Book Review A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one.
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Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology. The bestselling and acclaimed authors include Erin E. Adams, Monica Brashears, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Daka Hermon, Justina Ireland, L.L. McKinney, Brittney Morris, Maika & Maritza Moulite, Eden Royce, and Vincent Tirado. The foreword is by Tananarive Due.
Horror, Recentered
Fifteen horror stories put Black girls at the center—as heroes who face monsters and survive.
Come here for
- Black girls facing supernatural and human threats
- A chorus of Black writers working in horror
Expect
- Fifteen chilling, thought-provoking stories
- Monsters, spirits, and survivors
Where it sits
| YA Short Stories | 84% |
|---|---|
| YA Horror | 75% |
| African American YA | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Horror
- African American YA
- YA Short Stories
- Authors
- Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- Published
- June 17, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Black girls in horror · Survival · Facing human and supernatural monsters
- Reading lane
- YA Horror