21 More Black Women in Horror Writing

February 1st is coming up and with Black History Month and Women in Horror Month here again, this seems like a good time to revisit the subject of black women in horror (part 2 of 2)

Sumiko Saulson

black history monthRecently I published an article in honor of Black History Month and Women in Horror Month called “20 Black Women in Horror Fiction“. While the first list consisted almost entirely of women whose works have been published solo book length collections such as novels, and single author short story and poetry anthologies (with the exception of Angela C. Allen), this list consists primarily of women whose works of horror were published in multiple-author black writer horror showcases, including “Dark Thirst”, “Dark womeninhorror2013logo-300x290Matter”, and “Dark Dreams.” Many of the women on this second list are women who are frequent contributors to a variety of short story compilations, and women who write primarily in another genre, but have also contributed short horror for to the anthologies.

You can find the first article HERE: 20 Black Women in Horror Fiction

This list has expanded to include two other lists for a total of…

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~ by Sumiko Saulson on January 31, 2014.

One Response to “21 More Black Women in Horror Writing”

  1. […] knowledge of women of color who write horror is sorely lacking, but luckily I found a couple great lists to get me started. I encourage you to check them out as […]

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