I always enjoy a good horror story. Out There Screaming is perfect for reading in the dark early hours, sipping on a cup of coffee. The writing is good and the variety of stories is great. Perfect for any horror enthusiast.

I sincerely appreciate the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions expressed are my own.

As with all anthologies, some stories are scarier or more thrilling than others and that is the same for this. Overall I enjoyed most of the stories and would recommend to any horror lover

Thank you Netgalley and Random House Publishing for sending me this eARC in exchange for an honest review!!!

I love Jordan Peele and think he is a genius. This collection of black horror anthologies had me sitting and really questioning so much LOL. I loved it. It took me a while to finish because I wanted to be able to process all that I have read but I could definitely see myself picking this up again.

if you want to see the stories that enthrall the mind that brought you Get Out, look no further than OUT THERE SCREAMING. black horror in a way you've never experienced before -- the most limitless, unconfined horror you can imagine in relation to white supremacy.

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I am a huge fan of anything directed by Peele, so I knew I was going to have to give this collection of horror stories a try. Out there
Screaming was a 3/5 stars for me! I was hoping to be really scared for this one as I am with all of Peele's movies or at least left very uncomfortable, but most of these short stories didn't actually stick out to me. Some were very odd and others kind of dragged. My favorites out of these collection were A Bird Sings and The Rider.

When I saw this gorgeously terrifying cover, only to find out it was a horror anthology featuring all black voices AND curated by none other than Jordan Peele, quite frankly I HAD to have it. My only regret is it sat on my ARC shelf for so long because I had other commitments. I absolutely loved this. I loved the mixture of various types of horror, as well as the introduction to so many authors I had never read from before. There were so many strong stories in this one that while there were a couple that just didn't do it for me, it was still an overall stellar anthology. My personal favorites were Eye & Tooth, Lasiren, Flicker, and The Most Strong Obeah Woman of the World. Definitely give this one a read whether you are new to horror, or have been reading it for years!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for this ARC. I am leaving this review voluntarily and all views expressed are my own.

It makes me sad to know
Some people did not enjoy this. I love anthologies whether I’m reading it or watching and this was a hit. I found most stories to be 5 and 4 stars with one being a 3 star and one i just couldn’t get through. I plan to buy the physical copy. I will say I do have some favs that just stuck out to me. Reckless eyeballing to me was a great way to start a black racist pig cop that gets what’s coming to him!

Lasiren by Erin e adams…bc who doesn’t love a twisted mermaid tale.

The rider by Tananarive Due. Like all her books the scenes were intense and had me sweating.

Dark Home bc man i could honestly picture that entity stalking the main character! And that doorbell camera scene with the pet was so unsettling.
Flicker could literally happen that’s what’s so terrifying.

A bird sings by the etching tree bc not only was this funny, touching but also intriguing and I would love to see this made out into a movie.

An American Fable ending way too soon cause what..i wanted so much more.

Your happy place was a true mind bending short story that resembles black mirror.

Last but not least hide and seek by p djeli Clark.
It represented so much symbolism but also staying true to the horrors.

All in all this was so good and I totally ate this up.

41/2 not 4 stars.
The editor is Jordan Peele, director of the science fiction horror Nope and two other great horror flicks, Us and Get Out. He has brought together many great speculative fiction authors of the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres. All the stories have black protagonists and antagonists. The last story is actually a script of a white boy character is taking a class and talking about white villains and black heroes that they are supposed to be.

The stories I particularly enjoyed were “Reckless Eyeballing" by N.K. Jemisin, where an African-American cop supposedly can see eyes in headlights that lets him psychically know who to pull over.

“Eye and Tooth” by Rebecca Roanhorse is about a sister, Zelda, and her brother, Atticus, who are hunters hired to take out supernatural horrors.

“Wandering Devil” by Cadwell Turnbull is about a man who never settles down, meets a woman he falls for and might even settle with until a musician called Black Billy tells him if he leaves her like his nature always does, he will go places he never dreamed of, and he does, just not where he truly expected to.

My favorite story was “Hide and Seek” by P. Djeeli Clark. Two boys, Jacob and Jamie, live with their mother. She inherited magic from her father, who was famous for being a magician. But unlike him, their mama cannot do it and uses leftover magic like a drug addict. Their father had been an addict like her, but his last taste of magic pulled apart his insides. The boys learn to run and hide from bad people, but when Mama, after taking another piece of magic she gets from a dealer called Sugar Man, is the bad person, the magic changes.

Many are great tales, although a couple did not resonate with me.

If you enjoy any of Jordan Peele’s horror movies, enjoy horror short stories, and like to learn of new authors you may not have read before, then this anthology is a good spooky autumn read for Halloween month, with a mixed collection of horror, from personal to scary to science fiction and more.

Out There Screaming: an Anthology of New Black Horror, is edited by Jonathan Peele, well known for his recent movies. While I haven’t seen those films yet, I was interested to read this collection based on what I know of Peele’s reputation.

My initial impression of the book wasn’t good as the first two stories just didn’t impress me or actually even interest me. Thankfully I decided to keep reading because the stories, or at least my impression of them, definitely improved. Of the nineteen stories, four were rated 5* and seven were rated 4 or 4.5*.

My favorite stories are: The Norwood Trouble, which incorporates old religion and magic as townspeople try to save their community created by the former slaves who founded it after the Civil War; Dark Home, the story of a young woman who tries to hold on to the memory of her recently deceased father, uses Nigerian legends and folk tales; The Aesthete, a complex story of created beings so human that some humans consider them a threat-perhaps more sci-fi than horror; and The Rider, the story of two black women on a bus ride to Montgomery Alabama to join the Freedom Riders, set in May 1961, and a ride that becomes an otherworldly experience.

Recommended for short story readers who like edgy stories. Some are horror; some have gore. The best make you think about all of the reasons for the horror.

Thanks to Random House and NetGalley for a copy of this book. This review is my own.

This was such a unique book I loved the anthology and the different stories. It was scary in a creepy way, but I enjoyed it still.

This is an excellent horror anthology. There were two stories I would rate 3 stars, but the rest of the collection made up for those. A strong 4.5 stars.

This anthology is no exception to the general Hits and Misses of most other anthologies, which was a bit surprising given it was edited by Jordan Peele. The good ones were great, and the less good ones were pretty forgettable. Standouts of excellence include: Rebecca Roanhorse, Tananarive Due (the woman is unf***withable), Nnedi Okorafor, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Chesya Burke.

The Anthology had a nice mix of stories, ranging from science fiction horror to the more fantastical. This collection is so diverse in the topics it covers and the sub genres within horror that’s used to tell the stories although just like with any anthology, there’s going to be some that are better than others. In my opinion it’s hard to give a book like this a higher rating. I will also say that I prefer when anthologies are on the shorter side cause I have a hard time staying focused on reading since there’s nothing holding the individual stories together. Another thing that didn't work for me was that I simply did not find any of the books to truly be SCARY. When I saw the author line up and that this was edited by Jordan Peele I was ready to be spooked out of my mind. Unfortunately that never happened. Yes, the stories were interesting and they did have creepy elements to them, but it was nothing that really terrified me like I was hoping.

Thank you to Random House and Netgalley

A great collection of horror from many different subgenres and talented voices in modern black horror. I would definitely recommend this for fans of horror short stories.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this review copy in exchange for an honest opinion. Review has been posted on Amazon.

"Out There Screaming," edited by Jordan Peele, is a chilling anthology that seamlessly integrates into the canon of Black Horror. The stories curated within the collection offer a poignant reminder that real horror often lurks in our own backyards. Peele's editorial choices ensure a diverse array of narratives that resonate with a shared cultural experience. Each tale contributes to the broader conversation of Black Horror, exploring themes that go beyond the supernatural and tap into the unsettling realities of everyday life. "Out There Screaming" stands as a powerful testament to the richness of Black storytelling in the horror genre, creating a space where the uncanny and the unsettling merge to deliver thought-provoking and spine-tingling tales.

I have had this anthology in my Netgalley queue for a while but I've got to be in the right headspace for short stories. Otherwise my feedback is, these were too short. But when my ADHD is in a good place, short stories hit just right. This book had a great list of authors that I knew I'd be in good hands with: N. K. Jemisin, Tananarive Due, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi talk about five star expectations!

I liked the mix of creepy crawlies and more psychological horror. My favorites of this collection were:

👀 Reckless Eyeballing
👁️🦷 Eye and Tooth
👹 Wandering Devil
🫀 The Other One
🏍️💥 A Bird Sings by the Etching
🥶 An American Fable

Thanks to Random House for gifted access via Netgalley. All opinions above are my own.

This might be an issue that is only relevant for me, but I don't think anthologies are for me. I found most of the stories in this collection disappointing. They felt very lack luster and missing something.

This is such a great short story horror collection. Like all collections, some stories were stronger than others. Some more memorable. I want to listen to the audio version now!

I love Peele's movies, so I thought this collection would be right up my alley and it was! I liked it enough to buy a hard copy. A great collection of short stories that explore race and being Black in the United States from a variety of great authors. Made me want to check out their other work for sure!