I was excited to get my hands on Peele’s anthology of horror stories. This is a book with many different short stories by black authors. I found some to be very good and some missed the mark. For that reason I’m giving this a 3 star review. I read this over the span of October January as each story stands alone. Thank you for my arc copy!

Anthologies are difficult to review because there are always some stories that are really great and others not so much. Overall, I enjoyed this collection. Standouts for me included Lasiren by Erin E. Adams, The Rider by Tananarive Due, Dark Home by Nnedi Okorafor, The Norwood Trouble by Maurice Broaddus and An American Fable by Chesya Burke.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group-Random House for as well as the authors and editors of this delightful collection. It was a true pleasure.
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Title: Out There Screaming
Author: Various
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group-Random House
Publication Date: October 3, 2023

Thanks to the abundance of talented horror authors working today, I have really developed a love for short story collections. It’s a great way to experience several different writing styles as well as stories at once. I’ve found several of my favorite authors this way. This collection was full of different types of stories ranging from stories about aliens impregnating human women to supernatural siblings to haunted houses and everything in between. As always, there were some stories that I liked more than others, but they all had something to like.
The story that was most enjoyable for me was written by Tananarive Due. It’s called “The Rider” and is disturbing in a way that’s both very familiar and very different at the same time. It’s about two sisters on their way to a Freedom Rider event. On the way, they meet someone sinister whose motivations aren’t what they seem. I also enjoyed “Eye and Tooth” by Rebecca Roanhorse. It’s about two siblings who hunt monsters. It’s perfect for a fan of the tv show “Supernatural”, like myself.
All in all, each story carries a unique voice as well as a wide range of subjects.. Some of these authors are favorites of mine and some are new to me. I enjoyed this book and I think most others will too,

Horror in many formats, from traditional to science fiction to every day life horrors. Nineteen black authors feature their short stories in this fantastic collection. I was impressed with the creativity in the topics they chose to highlight as scary. A few of the stories gave me chills and I was thankful I was reading with the lights on. Here are my favorites from the collection:

Eye & Tooth by Rebecca Roanhorse
Wandering Devil by Cadwell Turnbull.
Invasion of the Baby Snatchers by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Flicker by L.D. Lewis
A Bird Sings by the Etching Tree by Nicole D. Sconiers
Your Happy Place by Terence Taylor
Hide & Seek by P. Djèlí Clark

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for my copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Anthologies are always difficult to rate because by definition you will be exposed to a wide range of voices and story telling style and not all of them can be hits. That said I did really enjoy all the voices and works that were curated for this collection. The first and final story are particular highlights and ones I continually come back to. Highly recommend to horror short story lovers!

I love Jordan Peele and, like so many others, he’s one of my favourite directors. I was incredibly excited to get my grubby little hands on a copy. However, I don’t read a lot of short story collections, especially when they are written by various authors rather than just one, so please take my thoughts below with a grain of salt.

Unfortunately, this was less hits than misses for me. This isn’t a bad collection by any means, but when you’ve gathered 19 different authors with 19 different ideas and styles, you’re bound to have at least a few that don’t work for you. However, my favourites were:

Invasion of the Baby Snatchers
Pressure
Flicker
A Grief of the Dead
A Bird Sings by the Etching Tree

I think this book is the perfect example of how beautiful and subjective reading is.

Jordan Peele, the creator of GET OUT, US, and NOPE, curated this horror anthology by black writers. With an introduction by Peele, the anthology contains stories by beloved black writers, like P. Djèlí Clark, Tananarive Due, N. K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Caldwell Turnbull. I would read anything and everything by these authors, so all of them plus more in a horror anthology curated by Jordan Peele? This was catnip for me. I loved this book. It was terrifying, and every story was ingenious, unique, and utterly terrifying.

I love a good anthology. The only problem with anthologies is that sometimes there’s a good book in there and sometimes there’s a story that’s not so amazing. This one had some up-and-down but overall I really enjoyed reading it. I was so excited to get an advance copy of this.

Out There Screaming is a fantastic anthology of short stories from black authors. I had a really great time reading this and it got me very interested in the history of black horror in film as well. I was bummed that Peele's forward wasn't included in the e-galley, but looking forward to eventually getting a physical copy so I can read that too! His perspective on horror is fantastic. Overall, I highly recommend this.

I loved reading these short stories from authors that I’ve enjoyed their other work, or ones that I’ve been wanting to read something by but haven’t been able to yet. Like all short story collections some stood out more than others, but overall this was a really solid and creepy collection.

I absolutely loved this collection of stories. It was definitely worth the hype and I am super glad I picked it up.

I really enjoyed the first few stories in this anthology but not all the stories were equal. I think NK, Rebecca, Nnedi and Tochi’s stories were phenomenal. I’m glad I read it but definitely wasn’t as good as I hoped.

Jordan Peele is renowned for his filmmaking abilities--and here recently, for becoming a go-to master of the macabre. Films like GET OUT, US, and NOPE have garnered Peele a cult following, and he has more than earned the respect of other titans in the field.
When it was announced that he was compiling an anthology of black voices in horror, I knew for certain this was not to be missed.
There are some intriguing, dark, scary, and absorbing reads in this collection of short fiction, and for fans of the genre, there are some absolutely terrifying masterpieces--both old and new.
Kudos to Jordan Peele for spotlighting these stories and giving them the appropriate platform.
Pick this up and prepare to sleep with the lights on.

Visceral, vivid, and at times quite vicious. Each story contains horrors of varying degrees that are creepy enough to keep you up at night. Your Happy Place by Terence Taylor is one story that readers won't be able to forget. And A Bird Sings By The Etching Tree by Nicole D. Sconiers is uniquely terrifying. The entirety of this book is a treasure trove of terror that every horror fan should read. Not all humans are humane, some of them are the very monsters we fear yet we rarely see past their mask.

I enjoyed this compilation of short stories. Some had a scare factor of gore while others were more subtle. I really liked the story about the car with eyes. I believe that one really stuck with me and had a lot of creepiness while still getting a powerful message across.

In Out There Screaming there is a story for every taste. I was intrigued, unnerved, and titillated in turn as I moved from tale to tale and I'll definitely be looking out for these authors in the future.

Jordan Peele’s name is what got me, and I’m very glad I did. These short stories were captivating reads, and explored topics in a way I’ve not experienced before.

Out There Screaming is a wonderful mix of horror, science fiction, folklore and social commentary! I absolutely loved these stories with my favorite being Dark Home.

Spooky anthology. However I was disappointed to learn that Jordan Peele did not write a single story within the collection. I mostly read it to hear from his voice.

I found most of the stories slow and uninteresting. The stories are very boring. And I don't like the writing styles.