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Awards

FINALIST 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology

FINALIST 2022 Shirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology

Review Excerpts

“The subtitle, An Inclusive Anthology, hammers home what Bram Stoker Award winners Liaguno and Mason have assembled: a trailblazing anthology in which LGBTQ+ characters and people of color are both feared and preyed upon in jolting, haunting, sometimes funny, and/or graphically violent tales.”
—Kirkus (Starred Review)

“This anthology focuses on the figure of “the Other” in horror fiction, particularly by engaging with horror and its relationship with the various systems of oppression that deem people “other” in the first place…There is a wide array of types and genres of horror on offer in this collection, which should more than satisfy any reader interested in exploring the fear of otherness, in life or in fiction.”
—Booklist (Starred Review)

“Stoker Award–winning editors Liaguno and Mason cleverly subvert the common horror trope of the monstrous other in this powerful anthology that spotlights 24 writers with marginalized identities. With impactful writing and authentically embodied characters, this anthology succeeds by lifting up a diverse and skilled group of authors and letting them dive deeply into the horror that sits next door to their own lived experiences. The result is unmissable for horror fans of all backgrounds.”
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“An essential new addition to the reading list of any horror lover or queer fiction aficionado, Other Terrors features some of the finest minds in writing with their takes on embracing “the other” within. Horror fiction has oft been a place where difference = fear, whether that’s fatphobia in Stephen King, transphobia in Silence of the Lambs, or xenophobia in the works of H. P. Lovecraft, and it’s refreshing to read a collection focused on inclusivity, not cheap, offensive thrills.”
—CrimeReads

“While there is plenty of goose bump-inducing and gore-filled descriptions on the pages, much of the subcontext is what it means to be living in a society that frequently goes out of its way to harm those who don’t fit in. Whether it’s a literal destabilization in the environment mirroring the body dysmorphia a trans character struggles with, the cabin-in-the-wood slasher’s environmentalist point of view, or a consuming collective of ancient riverfolk fighting exploitative gentrification, each story is much more than the surface-level creepy-crawly-feeling induced by good horror. In fact, the real chills arrive when you realize that while fictional and fantastical elements litter each page, the truth of these experiences is the actual evil of a world in which they can, and do, exist.”
—Lightspeed Magazine

“Liaguno and Mason’s introduction opens with a haunting sentence that sets the tone for the entire anthology: From the other, all terrors flow. This sentence illustrates the collection’s focus on how the Other (more specifically, Otherness and difference) has been a continual source of terror and horror in gothic fiction, especially in the subgenres of ghost stories and horror tales. Other Terrors provides a unique take on the gothic theme of the Other, which has appeared in works like Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Otherness has been typically associated with race and sexuality (i.e., Dracula), disability (i.e., Frankenstein), class, and nationality, categories of identity that have been demonized in certain gothic fiction. Other Terrors champions identities of Otherness and illustrates the deadly horrors of xenophobia, racism, sexism, imperialism, and colonialism. Liaguno and Mason, in Other Terrors, have compiled an intriguing set of horrifying stories that range from the mundane to the fantastic.”
—Los Angeles Review of Books

“…spine-tingling tales that interrogate who—and what—terrifies us.”
—Poets & Writers Magazine

Blurbs

“What a great collection of horror tales, and one that expands the picture of who writes the stuff we love so much. This book serves as proof, if it was needed, that chilling, blood curdling and disturbing work can come to us from all quarters. An absolute delight. Curl up with this one and tremble.”
—Victor LaValle, author of The Ballad of Black Tom and The Changeling

“An extraordinary and very welcome showcase, Other Terrors brings us darkly wonderful and beautifully hideous stories from some of the best authors working in the genre today. Some will gravitate toward this volume due to the diversity of voices included, while others will be drawn by the reputations of some of the writers within, but however you come to Other Terrors, you’ll be rewarded. Don’t miss it!”
—Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones and Ararat

“This timely and groundbreaking anthology offers up a wickedly talented pool of diverse perspectives who know that the best of horror is here to unmask difficult truths, chainsaw oppressive systems, interrogate notions of “the other,” claw and gnaw at cultural and political unease, and—yes—scare the hell out of you.”
—Benjamin Percy, author of The Unfamiliar Garden, The Ninth Metal, and Thrill Me

Media

“Books for Summer 2022: Our 44 picks for right now, from satire to horror to biographies” at Chicago Tribune

“Summer Scares: 18 Horror Books That Will Chill You to the Bone this Season” at Book Riot

“July 2022 Reads for the Rest of Us” at Ms. Magazine

“July’s List of New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Is Here, and It’s Huge” at Gizmodo

“Perfect Your Summer Reading List With These July 2022 Horror Books” at Horror Obsessive

“Fear Is Always In Season | Horror Preview 2022” at Library Journal

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