A Comprehensive List of Black Horror/Thriller/Mystery/Dark Fiction Authors
(More than the same 10 you see on these types of lists over and over)

Every year around this time, I google, “Black Horror Authors” and I pull the same six or so lists made of up of the same ten black, traditionally published authors. I’m tired. While those regulars are AMAZING, there are more of us out here writing solidly dark stories and this list will help you develop a more well-rounded list of independently as well as traditionally published, black, dark fiction writers.

Pick up a few of these titles and give yourself the creeps this season. Some Kindle editions are even FREE. If you do read a book from this list, do not forget to leave the book an Amazon or Goodreads review. For authors, reviews are EVERYTHING.

Jean Nicole Rivers        Black Water Tales: The Unwanted                                                                                              Me! That’s right. I write horror because I love to read it. Check out my latest novel listed above and be on the lookout for my upcoming release, To the Moon and Back.Brandon Massey            The Quiet OnesDorothy Koomson         Tell Me Your SecretDaka Hermon                 Hide and Seeker (Middle grade)Dia Reeves                      Dark Side of the MoonL.G. Davis                        The Stolen BreathJewell Parker Rhodes    Voodoo DreamsTiffani D. Jackson          AllegedlyL.A. Banks                      MinionJustina Ireland               Dread NationWrath James White      The ResurrectionistDanyell Hunter              JesterTananarive Due            The Good HouseE. L. Jefferson                What Do Your FearAlexis Henderson         The Year of the WitchingMegan Giddings            Lakewood: A NovelHelen Oyeyemi             White is for WitchingOctavia Butler               FledglingL. Marie Wood              CrescendoAlyssa Cole                    When No One is WatchingC.C. Adams                    But Worse Will ComeGracia Rich                    HandkerchiefLa’Quisha Brown         The HauntingSteven Van Patten        Killer GeniusAndre Duza                   Technicolor TerroristsSteven Barnes              Devil’s WakeA. Renee Hunt               Nightmare HomeOyinkan Braithwaite   My Sister, The Serial KillerLaTresa Payne              MargoPat McKanic                  Illusions of ParadiseLinda Addison              How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your FriendV.M. Burns                    The Plot is MurderKellye Garrett               Hollywood HomicideTracey Baptist               The Jumbies (Middle grade)Carolyn Marie Wilkins   Melody for MurderFaye Snowden              A Killing FireVictor LaValle               The ChangelingWalter Mosley               Down the River Unto the SeaValerie Wilson Wesley  Dying in the DarkTerence Taylor              Bite MarksLori Titus                       The Bell HouseZin E. Rocklyn               The Night SunKai Leakes                    Sin EatersCrystal Conner             In the Valley of ShadowsEden Royce                   Spook Lights: Southern Gothic HorrorNicole Givens Kurtz    Kill Three Birds: A Kingdom of Aves MysteryKenya Moss-Dyme       Prey for MeChesya Burke               Let’s Play White