Thank you net gallery for the advanced copy of this book. This is a collection of short stories that are horror stories with a twist. All of the heroines survive in this. The book was an enjoyable read and I would definitely recommend.

This is the first short story collection I've read for a while where I found every story interesting and worthwhile. Bonus for me that it's horror, my favorite genre. I love collections based on a theme, and this was particularly fun, because it subverts expectations. I loved the heroines in these stories. I'll be watching for more by these authors.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

“If bad things can happen to white kids, it’ll be even worse for you.”

A collection of YA Horror Tales with a play on the trope that the Black People die first. But in these stories the "black girl" is the last to meet her demise. Good Anthology, none too story. Perfect YA!

This was such an interesting anthology. I’ve never enjoyed watching horror movies, so I haven’t spent much time reading any horror books. The thought of stories filled with Black Final Girls reeled me in and kept me engaged as I read each story. My favorites were Harvesters, The Brides of Devil’s Bayou, Black Pride, Black Girl Nature Group, and Foxhunt. It was great to read something in a new genre from authors that I already knew and loved!

The Black Girl Survives in This One is a YA short story collection. This collection features fifteen horror, thriller-ish stories all with Black girl leads. And YES, they all survive. The Black girls are the final girls.

The stories are chilling, spooky, creepy, and fun. A few had some laughable moments among the horror. These stories are thought provoking. They gave us gore, paranormal, space, werewolves, zombies, rituals, cults, curses and more. Loved the varied plots, types of horror. This was just quality story telling.

Although all were enjoyable my absolute fav was Harvesters. I need a full Harvesters story! A few other standouts were The Brides of Devil’s Bayou, TMI, Black Pride, Queeniums for Greenium!, Inheritance, Black Girl Nature Group (p.s. I hope they jumped Patricia for setting them up!), and Cemetery Dance Party.

This is memorable collection. I will be on the lookout for other works from these authors.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was perhaps the first collection of short stories I didn't have to slog through. The characters were interesting, the plots were varied, and yet all sat comfortably within familiar horror tropes. It started stronger than it ended, but an overall enjoyable read. I'll definitely be looking for full-length titles from a few of these authors.

Short story collections are hard for me to keep focused on. I usually get distracted by other books and end up forgetting to pick them back up. Not this one!

There is not a single story in this collection that I did not enjoy. They’re a fun mix of traditional horror, slashery-vibes, folklore, and social commentary.

I loved catching up with authors I’ve read before and getting to add a ton of new books to my TBR from new-to-me authors!

My favorites included:
📖 The Black Strings by Vincent Tirado
📖 Foxhunt by Charlotte Nicole Davis
📖 Harvesters by L. L. McKinney
📖 Queeniums for Greenium! by Brittney Morris

A solid anthology of horror stories from a few authors I am familiar with (who I was excited to see again!) and some new-to-me authors that I will be on the lookout for more. Anyone who is familiar with the horror genre knows the tropes and challenges that Black characters historically endured in movies, etc. These stories flip the script and showcase strong, crafty, and determined Black characters that will end up out on top. And Daka Hermon wrote my favorite of the bunch - Hide and Seeker was one of my favorite books the year it released, so I knew I was in for a treat when I got to her story!

I already think it would be so cool if we get a second installment! I am sure there could be some horror movie sequel puns to help create the title (too vs two, etc.... you know what I mean!)

This was insightful and completely original. It takes the reader on a journey that converts familiar tropes and makes them into something new. A couple stories are more memorable than others but all of them are solid and stand on their own. None are one or two star ratings.

Similarly to what a lot of other folks have said, I have struggled in the past to really engage with and enjoy anthologies. For the most part, I feel like it’s because I don’t get enough of the story and am left with more questions than I want.

The Black Girl Survives in This One, though…my attention was held. I was engaged in almost every single story as the authors wrote just enough to develop characters and build a plot while keeping the stories to short-story length.

The stories are mainly creepy with some body horror and medical horror. It’s a good mix that keeps each story unique.

I also need to take a moment for the cover of this work. A+.

As soon as I heard about this book, I was hella excited. Did I know who was going to be in it? No. Did I know if they would be actually scary? No. But I still NEEDED it. And yes I do mean Need.

Of course, as I say with all anthologies, there were some I really liked and some that I didn’t really care for. But for this one, I can honestly say there weren’t that many I wasn’t a fan of. Most of them were really good. Like the one from Justina Ireland and L.L. McKinney’s. Those were the ones I remembered from the top of my head. But the one that stood out the most was the one by Desiree S. Evans. I feel like I’m saying every author’s name lol But they really were good.

I do hate to say this, but there were some that I didn’t exactly care for. Like the one about the phone and the other about the epi pens. As someone with a peanut allergy, this wasn’t exactly fun? So I guess it’s medical horror, but like as someone with a peanut allergy, I could have used a content warning on this. My heart stopped. But I didn’t get too angry about them because it they were all short stories and i knew it wouldn’t hurt to DNF any. But I pushed through and read all of them.

As soon as I saw this book was a thing, I knew there was going to be no way that I DIDN’T read this. Literally all of these authors are amazing! And with some of them, like The Skittering Thing, even their titles were creepy lol And I loved that. If you’re a horror newbie or a weenie (as described by my friend who is not a horror fan) there’s also some things in here for you. There’s something for everyone and I hope this doesn’t deter you!

A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end‼️ 

Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology.

This was a top tier collection of short stories that I could barely put down. The representation was everything‼️ Each author created a unique balance of emotions and unpredictability within their stories. We get mystery, suspense, supernatural elements, folklore retellings, ancestral inheritance, generational curses, terror and fear woven together to highlight a courageous Black character in the end. With any collection there are stories that will always standout amongst the rest.

Favorite short stories:

Ghost Light
The Screamers
Queeniums from Greenium!
Black Girl Nature Group
Local Color
The Black Strings

Overall, this was an amazing collection highly recommended. The pacing was fast, it was vivid and well-written. You’ll never experience a dull moment with this one. I always felt connected to the stories and the characters. Special thanks to the author & @flatironbooks for my advanced copy.

I generally struggle with liking a collection of short stories because some of the stories are better than others. However, as creepy as some of these were, I enjoyed them. I definitely cannot wait for others to read these great stories!

While I love the concept of this story collection, I feel like it falls pretty flat. I know it's a bit of a preconceived notion to come into a YA short story collection with the understanding that some of the stories are going to be good and some are going to be bad, but this is really exemplary of that assumption. Out of the 15, 3 were really phenomenal ('TMI', 'Black Pride', & 'Local Color'). All three were cohesive, had an incredible vibe, good pacing, good reveals/suspense/horror, and weren't too short or too long.

The rest of them were pretty much an even split between feeling like it was just a chapter/scene from a novel or the entire plot of a novel condensed to ~15 pages. On top of that, some had some pretty bad spelling/grammatical errors (most prevalent in 'Queeniums for Greenium!' and 'The Skittering Thing'). While that is understandable because I was reading the eARC, there seemed to be more than there normally would/should be. It implies that this book isn't really cared for in detail by the editorial team, and the publisher may be using this catchy and eye grabbing title to get people to pick it up (which is why I picked it up).

If it were more consistent, this definitely could've been a banger. I feel like if the authors developed their stories into full novels, all of them would be potentially list-worthy. But, as this book stands it's half-baked.

This book is a great collection of short stories that portray Black girls surviving horror stories. They’re so well written that they deserve their own extended stories

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.

Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death.

I usually don’t read anthologies. But this one is a must read! It was refreshing to read a positive portrayal of black women in horror stories because they’re usually one of the first ones to go. This anthology made me want to explore these wildly talented authors in more depth!

My favorites out of all the stories were:

• Harvesters by L.L McKinney
• Ghost Light by Erin E. Adams
• The Brides of Devil’s Bayou by Desiree S. Evans
• The Screamers by Daka Hermon

When this anthology is released on 4/2, I highly recommend picking this one up! Thank you to @flatiron_books for reaching out to me and for the opportunity!

Yes for one heck of a collection of trope subversions! I love THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE anthology and am so excited to finally be able to share it with my creative writing students. They are going to love it as much as I do. The stories in this collection are very strong and offer so much to readers. There's something for everyone here in terms of style and types of horrors. Highly recommend!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This collection of horror stories in which Black Girls make it the end was something I didn’t know I needed to read. The dedication and foreword spoke to me followed by the strong first story the Harvesters had me completely enamored with this book. With each authors unique style of storytelling there is definitely something to satisfy all of your horror needs. Overall I truly enjoyed this one. Each story had me excited to turn the page to see what happened.

Here are a few of my favorites:
•Harvesters by LL McKinney
•The Skittering Thing by Monica Brashears
•Black Girl Nature Group by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite
•Welcome Back to the Cosmos by Kourtney Nash

Let me start by saying that going into an anthology, there are some stories you’ll enjoy and some you won’t. With that being said, this collection featured such a mixed bag of different types of horrors and stories everyone will find something to enjoy. The Black Girl Survives in This One ensnared me almost immediately so I wanted to give love to some of my favorites.

I’d be remiss to not give a shoutout to both Desiree and Saraciea’s stories as they were so much fun. Desiree’s was focused on breaking a family curse while Saraceia’s was a unique and fun take on the classic graveyard zombie trope. Both catered to different audiences but showed just how vastly different yet fun the collection is.

Another I really enjoyed was Harvesters by L.L. McKinney which focused on two friends at a house party that are just trying to make it home. This one doesn’t know how you might expect and it ended up being incredibly spooky. Then there was Ghost Light by Erin E. Adams which follows a young theater production manager as she’s dealing with some unexpected ghostly happenings.

Some more unique ones I couldn’t stop reading were Queeniums for Greeniums by Brittney Morris which felt like the MLM horror story I’ve been dying for. Then there was The Black Strings by Vincent Tirado which was a unique type of horror that had an interesting ending, to say the least. Of the entire collection, I’m most intrigued to read more from Monica Brashears.

If you’re interested in this one at all, I think you should give it a try. You might end up finding a new author to try. Plus all of these stories play into different types of horror but in the end, we all know the Black girl survives.