Black Women in Horror: Fierce. Fearless. Female. by Tabitha Thompson
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Black Women in Horror
Fierce. Fearless. Female.
by Tabitha Thompson
The very first Horror movie I saw was Maniac Cop when I was five years old. Since then, Horror has always fascinated me. As the years went on, I found writing to be a great outlet for emotions and devoured writers such as Stephen King, Edward Lee, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jack Ketchum. But one day as I was looking through books at my local library for something new and an author caught my eye, her name was L.A. Banks. Reading her novels Minion and The Awakening, I fell in love with her writing style and how she incorporated dark fiction and Horror into her work. She was the first Black female that I’ve read who had an Anne Rice feel to her work, while her characters were relatable and interesting. Followed by Toni Morrison and her novel Beloved, I immediately became inspired by these women who were not just great dark fiction and Horror writers, but who were also Black.
Although I’ve relished the fact that I’m a Black female writing Horror, it felt good that there were women out there like me writing a genre I loved. In the following years, I’ve also discovered Linda Addison, Pheare Alexander, Sumiko Saulson…
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With articles by: A. Craig Newman, A.D. Vick, Alyson Faye, Angela Yuriko Smith, Brian McKinley, CM Lucas, Camellia Rains, Carrie Sessarego, Chantal Boudreau, Courtney Mroch, Crystal Connor, D.J. Pitsiladis, Dan Shaurette, Daphne Strasert, Dee Blake, Emerian Rich, Geneve Flynn, H.E. Roulo, H.R. Boldwood, J. Malcolm Stewart, James Goodridge, Jaq D Hawkins, Jeff Carroll, Jonathan Fortin, Kate Nox, Kay Tracy, Kerry Alan Denney, Kieran Judge, Kristin Battestella, Ksenia Murray, Lee Murray, Lionel Ray Green, Loren Rhoads, M.D. Neu, Mark Orr, Martha J. Allard, Michael Fassbender, Mimielle, Naching T. Kassa, Pamela K. Kinney, Priscilla Bettis, R.J. Joseph, R.L. Merrill, Rena Mason, Renata Pavrey, Rhonda R. Carpenter, Russell Holbrook, Selah Janel, Steven P. Unger, Sumiko Saulson, Tabitha Thompson, Theresa Braun, Trinity Adler, Valjeanne Jeffers.
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Interesting excerpt. HAGL2 turned out great!