Reviews

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele

tcopes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense

4.0

sarahweyand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I really enjoyed this collection of short stories edited by one of my favorite horror directors, Jordan Peele. There were a number of stories here that I enjoyed (my rating is the average of my rating for each individual story). Here are my five favorites/most highly rated titles:

1. Happy Place - 4.75
2. Eye and Tooth - 4.5
3. Flicker - 4.5
4. The Other One - 4.25
5. Dark Home - 4.25

These stories had me captivated during my morning walks and commutes, and I loved how this audiobook was performed by a full cast. There was only one story that I had to skip because I could not understand the narrator (I didn't include this title in my rating calculation). I'm so glad I listened to this anthology and I would love to continue to explore works by these authors or other horror anthologies in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Police brutality and Drug abuse

raeraethelibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

pendletca's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

upsidedown10's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.25

This one was pretty fun. I love horror that isn't written by straight white men and this is exactly what I was looking for. It's still really hard to rate or review short story collections. I liked most of these and I loved the varrying narrators in the audiobook. I'm so glad that Jordan Peele put this together. 

aisha_ammaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

prettypious's review against another edition

5.0

Got it as a library book, going to have to buy it, I loved this anthology. It already had some off my fav authors and I was also introduced to new ones whose stories I loved. This collection of short stories and the arrangement of them within the anthology gives me an example of why there is an award for that sort of thing.

grumpykat907's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I loved this, every story was a hit in its own way, very excited to check out more works from these authors. 

ryleytiger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

smeyers98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0