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Out There Screaming
by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Horror/supernatural short story collection edited by Jordan Peele. Most of these stories feel very much like they're out of a Jordan Peele movie, or at least one of his Twilight Zone episodes. I'd be surprised if some of these stories don't end up adapted in some sort of Jordan Peele's Night Gallery type anthology. “Your Happy Place” by Terence Taylor is more like a Black Mirror episode. Has some big names such as Nnedi Okorafor, Tananarive Due, and N.K. Jemisin, but most of the other writers have a much lower profile. It's hard to pick out favorites out of these 19 stories, but I'd say the top four are “Eye & Tooth” by Rebecca Roanhorse, “Wandering Devil” by Cadwell Turnbull, “Dark Home” by Nnedi Okorafor, and “A Grief of the Dead” by Rion Amilcar Scott. “Grief of the Dead” and “Hide and Seek” by P. Djeli Clark are probably the most emotionally intense ones of the collection. “Grief of the Dead” combines the undead, mass shooters, the Roc, and toxic online spaces, with slavery and its aftermath. I like how “Dark Home” shows the ways the old country and the new country meet in the minds of Nigerian immigrants. No clunkers in this collection.