I had an absolute blast with this one.
The forward? On Point.
The Short Stories? Immaculate, out of 15 stories, 7 were my favorites and these are imprinted in my brain. These are the stories that I didn't want to end. It was so much fun. All kinds of horror visited, all with a central focus point on the black girl experience, it was perfection. Everyone needs to read it!

Audiobook file didn't work. This seems to be a NetGalley issue and not the author/publisher. Disappointed. Rating is reflection of the experience, not author's ability.

I had a chance to check out the novel via audio, featuring Shayna Small's voice. It would have been nice to hear multiple people telling the different stories, but that's the audio snob in me. Small did well navigating 15 stories; I appreciate her relaxed mannerisms more than other audios I've heard her perform.

What I loved most about this book is that it's Blackity Black. It was the tone of the book. The mannerisms. The knowing. Something that didn't have to be explained because it's a part of our being. Dialogs didn't sound forced or out of place. Pop culture isn't heavily ridden in the text, so others can feel included or know what we discuss. This book was truly meant for us and all the horror geeks who want to see Black people survive in any situation. I also liked that each story wasn't a typical horror story. It wasn't drowned in anything political, slave-like, or have a racist agenda. Here, we get to enjoy what others find horrifying: Zombies, cults, ancient dwellings, ghosts, etc.

I am a sucker for short story anthologies! So when I saw the chance to read a collection of horror short stories written by authors of color, I screamed! LOL. I excitement of course, and that scream was absolutely an indicator of just how dang good these stories were.

We had a great mix of ghost stories, slasher, zombies, curses, vampires and other cryptid beings. There truthfully was only one or two stories I was indifferent to, all the rest absolutely captivated me. Please add this to your TBR or preorder yourself a copy!!! You’ll be sorry if you don’t. 😏

This is an amazing collection of short stories! It starts off with a bang from the first story ( which I gave a 5 stars). No story in this collection was bad. High 3, 4, 5 across the board. If anything I wanted them to be longer . I loved this short story collection and HIGHLY recommend.

This was such a great collection of stories! I've only read from a couple of these authors before, mainly Justina Ireland, but I had a fantastic time reading these stories-the theme of the black girls surviving in these horror stories was so great!

I don't read a lot of horror, or watch much, but the first few stories endings weren't my favourite. Like, the title is correct, they survived to the end of the story, but after the story ends? Are they going to survive much longer after that? They might not, and that kind of ending isn't my favourite, but right until the end they were fantastic!

I loved the variety of horrors there were, from the The Scottish Play, to zombies to demon deals. They were all so creepy and at times terrifying, and I was rooting for these characters even if I knew that they were going to survive, they deserved it!

I think my favourites were Black Pride by Justina Ireland, and Foxhunt by Charlotte Nicole Davis. In the former, the whole story, and what it turned out to be was so awesome to read. And the latter, yeah, it was just so satisfying, and I was cheering Flex on, I couldn't get enough! It was a great end to the anthology, I keep thinking about it!

This was a really fantastic anthology and I had a great time reading it!

My request to listen to an ARC of the audiobook for this was accepted. I do apologize if any character names or names of places are spelled incorrectly as the ARC audio book does not give any of that information in writing, so please forgive anything that is misspelled. I wish GoodReads allowed partial starts because this book is more like a 4.5 overall for me. Here is my reviews of each story...but backwards lol. While I do give some details of the story... nothing is spoiled any further than the title of the book in that The Black Girl Survives This One!!!

15. Fox Hunt by Charlotte Nicole Davis: I give this story 5/5. FLex and her sister Amarantha moved to Arbor Hill 12 weeks prior to the Homecoming game. Homecoming queen Chloe informs Flex of their annual traditional game of Fox Hunt. The homecoming queen gets to pick their fox, the fox is given an hour headstart to hide, and the rest of the student body are hounds. Like hide and seek but reverse and with a twist. Flex is picked as the fox by Chloe and the hunt ensues. Flex quickly finds out that Chloe may not have been completely forthcoming about the objective of the game. While the story is short, the author definitely gets the character development nailed! The premise of the game seems like something straight out of a bad dream. I enjoyed this story so much!

14. Local Color by Eden Royce: I give this story 4/5 . Veron lives with her grandfather and is always searching for information on her parents who went missing in an expedition 5 years prior. She purchases an ancient journal from an online bookseller that documents ancient lore which her parents would travel the world to get similar stories. She finds a story within the journal that mentions a being that was summoned to guard treasures. This sends her searching to find a treasure that is in her local area. This search puts her on a path that forces her to face her families truths and to realize, that nothing is what it seems. This was a cute story. More heartwarming that scary, but the supernatural side was a cool concept within the story.

13. The Black Strings by Vincent Tirado: I give this story 5/5. This is a first person POV from Mal who is a band member of The Fates 3 with her sister and her sisters best friend. They enter a music competition where the winners will be signed to a major label. Mal has a "gift" of being able to see a black string above people's heads when their death is near. As soon as they enter the hotel where all the bands are staying, she notices the black strings above a lot of people's heads including her own and her band mates. The story has tragedy after tragedy and a twist at the end. It was such a good story and had me really invested into all of the characters.

12. The Skittering Thing by Monica Brashears: I give this story 4/5. Sunny and her friend Charlotte meet Rae who is the daughter of the new pastor for the town church. Rae invites the girls to a sleepover the night of Sunny's birthday. Rae's mother suggest they play a game of Skitter which is a game to tap into the primitive instincts. Its kind of like hide and seek in the dark. The game begins and quickly everything starts to go wrong. This story to me needed to be a little longer. I felt like for a short story, it took too long to get to the part that was to be scary but it was a good story and I would love for it to be lengthened and more in depth in its own novella. The scary part felt a little rushed because the set up of the story was more than half of the story. And there is just so much lore surrounding the area and the house and it needs to be it's own book.

11. Cemetery Dance Party by Seraciea J Fennell: I gave this story 4/5. Traditionally the president of the graduating class holds a massive senior class party and this year Ale is the president and decides to throw a silent dance party in a cemetery. During the party her best friend gets into a fight with her rival and during the altercation they crash through a mausoleum door. A foul stench and a black mist escapes and soon havoc is unleashed upon the party goer's. This story is their fight for survival. I liked this story and it was pretty fast paced giving plenty of time for the scary parts. I feel like this one could have been an episode of Are You Scared of the Dark back in the day.

10. Black Girl Nature Group by Maika & Maritza Moulite: I gave this story 4/5. This follows Lucky who goes on a trip into the forest where her aunt went missing to enjoy a "once in a lifetime natural wonder" or as her mother calls it "the most supernatural moment of the decades" which is a blood moon occurring at the same time as the Crusader's meteor shower. Lucky and Jazmine were invited to this event by Patricia who may or may not have given all the details of this event. They must survive the night until her parents come to pick up the two girls. This story took a turn I did not see coming. It had the creep factor and the "whaaaaaatttt!!!!!!!" factor. Great story idea!

9. Inheritance by Camara Aaron: I rate this story 3.5/5. Delaney is about to enter 9th grade. Her friend convinces her to go to a party where Delaney is sent up to the attick with Miles during a spin the bottle/7th heaven game. While up there, Delaney shares how her aunt is rumored to be a soucouyant. She flashes back to a memory of getting attacked by a dog on a beach while visiting her and how her aunt confronted the hotel owner about taking over the beach and releasing the dogs on them. Turns out it's a small world and Miles is unexpectedly connected to her story. This story was a good story but it definitely wasn't scary to me.

8. Queeniums for Greeniums (again...audio book so I am not sure if this is spelled the way it should be and I apologize if it isn't) by Brittney Morris: I rate this story 3.5/5. We meet sisters Diana and Cynthia who are going to a retreat for Diana's "smoothie club" which is a product that falls under an MLM. When they arrive Cynthia is forced to put their cell phones in a brass urn and is escorted to her room and promptly locked in. As she discovers the truth of the "smoothy club" and their goal while she is at this retreat, she is forced to find a way out. This story is a great take on the way that MLM people tend to act and think while trying to build the not-pyramid as well as the way that health nuts who feel everyone needs to be on their same health journey behave. It was cute. But more of a thriller than a horror but still entertaining none the less.

7. The Screamers by Daka Hermon: I rated this story 5/5. We meet Amani and her family as they move into a new home. During their first dinner it is revealed that there had been a murder in the home previously. Amani starts to google the incident and gets in trouble for revealing details in front of her younger siblings. She take the dog for a walk and encounters an old lady who tells her the family is in danger and it may be too late to save them. Once this happens everything goes super fast and is tense and I held my breath through a lot of it without realizing I was holding my breath. This was a really good story and Shayna Small performed the heck out of it.

6. Black Pride by Justina Ireland: I rated this story 4/5. This starts off with a bang as Macy is running from a creature in the forest. Cut to Sheryl in 1973 on her way to a cabin at Lake Preston which has a reputation for bad things happening. Her friends and her arrive and soon things take a turn which has a strange twist to it! This was a pretty good story and also feels like it should have been an episode of Are You Scared of the Dark. lol I do think it would be cool to get a follow up story that continues on with the after part of the story continuing to follow Sheryl.

5. TMI by Zakiya Dalila Harris: I rate this one 3.5/5. Eda Vee who is a well known author that graduated from Beakon Prep High School. After visiting the school for an appearance she meets Sam, a fellow scholarship student at the school who also wants to be a writer. Eda has a very strong and lasting impression on Sam. The story is the effects of this impression on Sam and how she gets through it. The story was well written but because it had to be a short story, the ending felt rushed. I would have liked to have either had a little less set up of the story to include more at the end or to have had a longer story all together. The concept was good. Kind of reminded me of an episode of Tales from the Crypt when I was a kid. It wasn't really scary but... had it been longer and there been more affects and danger it could have been an amazing story.

4. The Brides of Devil's Bayou by Desiree S Evans: I gave this one a rating of 5/5. Aszia was moved out of Devil's Bayou as a child being told she was the last demon bride promised in a deal made by her ancestor. Her family felt that if she didn't live there or go back, then it would never happen. For her 19th birthday, her friend and her go back to research this curse and as she discovers that the curse is real they try to figure out how to break the curse. I absolutely love ancestral curse stories especially when they are based in the south with the basis or Voodoo and/or Hoodoo. This story had me anxious and holding my breath and delivered everything it was meant to deliver.

3. Ghost Light by Erin E Adams: I give this story 5/5. A haunting? In a theater? Yes Please!!! All theaters are rumored to have ghosts. Because of this a "ghost light" is left on at the end of the night. During a production of Macbeth the play is rumored to contain a real curse that when performed correctly will also complete/end the curse by the end of the scene. The actors forget their lines properly but the show goes on. Jeaneen being the youngest to be production stage manager is left to clean up and close up. A girl offers to help her clean. As she gets things situated and ready to go, the girl breaks the ghost light. The story following is absolutely amazing and I wish it were longer just because haunted anything is my jam!!

2. Welcome Back to the Cosmos by Courtney Nash: I gave this one 4/5. This story follows Danica who is in space. The crew arrives at a factory that was seemingly abandoned by the crew mysteriously. While exploring the factory some weird things start happening. The exploration, the encounters, and even the return to the ship were all tense. I am not a big space story person, but it being more of a ghost ish story (kinda but not really) made it enjoyable. I like the ending.

1. Havesters by L.L. McKinney: I gave this one 4/5. Jo and her best friend Missy attend a house party that ends abruptly due to someone catching an expensive couch on fire. Reggie, the kid who hosted the party kicks everyone out in a hurry. Missy and Jo find that they have lost the car keys somewhere along the way. Jo's crush Brandon and Missy's new found drunken crush Mason get Reggie to agree to let them in to look for the keys which proves fruitless. Mason offers to drive everyone home since he lives a 20 min walk from the house. They decide to cut through the cornfield. Missy and Mason walk in front away from Brandon and Jo. Once they hit the cornfield this proves to be a bad choice. They should have all stuck together. It was a creepy story and a great way to start the book off. I don't like that it was left on a cliffhanger.... I need to know what happens.... I hope there is a follow up at some point lol.

Forward: Tananarive Due - I love that Tananarive contributed such a great forward introducing the book and it's theme. She delivers a history lesson on black woman in horror that left me in awe and reflection.

Thank you Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to this wonderful anthology that breaks the stereotypes of the roles of black woman in horror stories. Shayna Small performs her butt off in this and made each story come to life!

Thank you Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the chance to listen to this!!

This was a definite spooky anthology, I was hooked from the first story immediately had goosebumps! I recommend listening to it at night and in the dark like I did.

As always there’s a few duds but overall AMAZING. If you like horror, anthology’s, strong Black female protagonists highly HIGHLY recommend.

I really enjoyed this anthology! What a refreshing take on a horror standard that was years overdue!
I thought the narrator was perfect. I stayed engaged and entertained. I’ve already recommended this read to multiple people!

The Black Girl Survives in This One is an anthology comprised of 15 short horror stories in different sub genres. Some are more traditional horror while some involve real life issues such as MLMs (my personal favorite story!) and they were all great! Each one was such an interesting read and while I enjoyed some more than others, I would reread all of them.

The narration by Shayna Small was absolutely amazing and I loved her in each story. The forward was read by Tananarive Due which was a wonderful surprise.

Thank you so much to Netgalley, all of the authors, and Macmillan Audio for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review. I can’t wait for everyone else to read this on March 26th!

I have posted my review on Goodreads, in my Facebook book club, and will post a Tiktok review the night before it releases.

This is going immediately to my favorites shelf. What an incredible showcase of talent, fresh voices and imaginative stories. Narration was absolutely faultless. Every single story was a 5 star read. I'd like to thank the team behind the book for this gift. What a read! It is evident in every page that the team invested in this book and production. I don't have a single editing or narration bone to pick. And the cover is gorgeous!

There is nothing like finding yourself in a book. There is nothing like understanding the shorthand, relating to the subtext, hearing the words not spoken. This was so much fun. I can't wait to re-read it for spooky season and to tell everyone and their momma all about it.

(My only note is a small mispronunciation in Black Pride when the phrase "lead foot" as in the heavy metal used in reference to a person's habit of driving too fast., is pronounced instead lead as in "the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow. 'the US is now taking the environmental lead')

I am always a fan of a horror anthology, but THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE absolutely knocked it out of the park. It takes a somewhat unspoken trope of horror and turns it all on its head, with each author presenting their own unique take. Even though I technically knew the outcome of each story, it didn’t stop me from being constantly on the edge of my seat while reading. It also felt like each story was really solid and well-developed, not just a snippet taken from another story or a story that's short because it isn’t fully performed. There were just so many different interesting horror concepts, from the classic haunted houses and rituals to galactic horror. The audiobook was also a super engaging way to read and made this already great book so hard to put down! The narrator, Shayna Small, helped make the stories feel distinct and kept the tension high. I absolutely recommend if you’re a horror fan or even trying to get into horror, it’s definitely worth the read!

♡ Audiobook Review ♡
♤ Release April 7 ♤
- short stories
Love, love, love this audiobook. Let me go pre-order my physical copies. If you want the black girl to SURVIVE or WIN. this book is for you!
It's an anthology of black female ya horror stories! I enjoyed every story that was told in this book.
The narrators Shayna Small and Tananarive Due did a phenomenal job bringing these stories to live.

Where do I even start? I’ll start with this: We all know that in short story collections there’s always going to be a story or two that we don’t like. That’s just the nature of the genre. But that didn’t happen to me here. I loved every single story in this collection. And that’s impressive because it contains 15 stories. I was fully immersed in every story. Horror books never scare me but I found that I didn’t want to read this book at night because so many of the stories did scare me a little. In spite of the fact that I knew all of the girls would survive I was still on edge, wondering how they could possibly escape the situations they were in, and hoping and praying they’d reach the end of their stories.

The stories were all very different from each other so there was a lot of variety in this book and it never felt boring or repetitive. That’s a big part of why I was always able to stay engaged. Whenever I started a new story I wondered what fun new concept I was about to be introduced to. I’m not a big YA reader, as you’ll already know if you follow me, but the fact that this book was YA didn’t bother me at all. These girls were my little sisters ok?!?! I was rooting for them!!! Reading this and having to deal with everything that was attacking my girls was very much a “GET A JOB!!!! STAY AWAY FROM HER!!!!” situation for me.

My only complaint about this book is that it ended. I was SO upset when I reached the end.

It’s a bit difficult to review a collection as a whole because I’m unable to comment on specific aspects of the writing and individual plots/stories. But I’ll just end by saying that I loved this book

First, let me just say that I absolutely loved this anthology. When I saw this title and the cover of this book I instantly wanted to read this book.
"The Black Girl Survives in this One" is an anthology of short horror stories that have young Black girls as the main character and the focal point of each story. The preface of this anthology highlights the fact that in most horror stories the black character is not the primary character, and they often find themselves dead early in the story. In this book, each author tells a horror story with a young black girls who becomes the hero to their family, friends, and community. Each black girl finds her strength and will power to persevere and survive the onslaught of horror they each encounter.
I loved the progression of each horror story, and I as the reader was invested in each Black girls fate.
Giving each writer, and the editor of this book a virtual high five! Well done!
I recommend this book to those who love horror, and fans of black writers. This is such a great collection of horror stories.
Thank you Net-galley and Macmillan audio for the opportunity to listen to this arc.

this is a 5 out of 5!!!! so so so good each story was creepy and I loved every min this was such a good read the very first story was my favorite This anthology was amazing!. I didn't want the stories to end!!!! I listened on audio and I'm so glad I did I think it made it so much better!As always with compilations, some are better than others but all were definitely interesting and I recommend this to anyone !

Thank you to Flatiron and Netgalley for gifting me an advanced copy of this book!

This YA horror anthology is for the Black girls who always wanted to be the final girl. As with all anthologies, there were stories that I REALLY enjoyed and some that fell flat for me. Overall, I found this audiobook to be enjoyable and engaging.

My favorite stories from the anthology:
Harvesters
Queeniums for Greenium!
Inheritance
The Black Strings
Foxhunt

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 stars all around!! This book did it for me y’all. Every story was phenomenal. Shout out to BLACK WOMEN. What a time to read this book, as we celebrate women’s resilience during the month of March. This book of 15 short stories features tales of courageous black women that were determined to make it out alive at any cost. Oftentimes women who look like me do not survive in the world of horror and are usually a pawn in someone else’s story but this time it was different. We made the rules, we made the ending and I loved every bit of it. Y’all please, please, please pick this one up when it releases (or gone head and do that preorder) next month, 4/2!

First off, many thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this book as an audio ARC! I greatly appreciate it!
What a fun collection of stories this was! Most of these were good, a few were great, and one had me saying "That's how it ends? Really? Lame!" out loud, but y'know, it's an anthology. There's bound to be at least one dud. But only one dud among so many stories? Pretty impressive!
I can't really comment on the characters or the writing style, since it changes from entry to entry, but overall very good!
A very solid four stars for The The Black Girl Survives in This One!

The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell is spectacular! I absolutely love this collection of horror short stories. Each one better than the last and offer a different perspective on YA horror. I'm planning to seek out the backlist of each author and read more of their work. Creepy and well written, The Black Girl Survives in This One may be my favorite YA horror anthology of the year.