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New York Times Bestseller -- 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. "Every piece is strong and memorable, making this not only likely to be the best anthology of the year, but one for the ages." -The Guardian.

"In the phenomenal Organ Meats, two friends are bound by a red string, dog bloodlines, and the violence that is being a girl" (Ms. magazine)-from the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and author of Gods of Want. "Organ Meats possesses something of the febrile intensity of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels, their laser focus on female friendship, but instead of Naples, K-Ming Chang's wild girls inhabit a magical universe of talking dogs and shape-shifting body parts." -The New York Times (Editors' Choice).

#1 *New York Times* bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propulsive satire set in an all-Black gated community. For fans of *The Sellout* and *Erasure*, with a shocking ending you’ll never see coming, Jodi Picoult calls it "Brilliant, provocative, seminal… Your book club will be discussing this one for days.” Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California, hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive.

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Fiction • Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. Sly, surprising, and razor-sharp, *Natural Beauty* follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost. Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution.

A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on-just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her-things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until the news of her boyfriend's apparent suicide brings her world crumbling down.

"LaTanya McQueen's When The Reckoning Comes is so deliciously uncomfortable there were moments where I had to put the book down, take a deep breath, and like Mira, its protagonist, urge myself to go further.

The Other Black Girl meets Midsommar in this spine-chilling, propulsive psychological adult debut from highly acclaimed author Vincent Tirado - A married couple moves into a gated community that slowly creeps into a pervasive dread akin to the social horror of Jordan Peele and Lovecraft Country - We Came to Welcome You cleverly uses the uncanny to illuminate the cultish, shocking nature of systemic racism. Where beauty lies, secrets are held...ugly ones. Sol Reyes has had a rough year.

The chilling first novel by filmmaker, composer, and graphic novelist Leopoldo Gout, performed by actor Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us; Narcos; Game of Thrones). "Ghost Radio reminded me of early Stephen King. The story sticks with you long after you've finished the final page." —James Patterson. From the cramped bowels of a dimly lit radio station, Ghost Radio is beamed onto the airwaves.

Mormama is a riveting supernatural, southern gothic tale from Kit Reed, the author of Where. 2018 Locus Award Finalist for Best Horror. Locus 2017 Recommended Reading List. One of io9's 20 Amazing New Scifi and Fantasy Books for May. Kirkus' the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Reads for May. Dell Duval has been living on the street since his accident. He can't remember who he was or where he came from. All he has is a tattered note in his pocket with an address for the Ellis house, a sprawling, ancient residence in Jacksonville.

Lovecraft meets Blade Runner. This is a stand-alone supernatural horror novel with a 30s noir atmosphere. Gene Wolfe can write in whatever genre he wants - and always with superb style and profound depth. Now following his World Fantasy Award winner, Soldier of Sidon, and his stunning Pirate Freedom, Wolfe turns to the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft and the weird science tale of supernatural horror.