Diversity Horror

“It was hard to keep secrets; you had to keep track of them, regulate how they moved through your body, make sure they didn’t swerve and jump out of your mouth.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Pet

“It was better, for now, if Redemption thought he was saving someone else; everyone’s always braver when they think they’re the hero.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Pet

“The palace underestimates the resourcefulness of women forced into a dark and dangerous place.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“You want many things, you are full of want, carved out of it, made from it, yes. But the truth does not care about what you want; the truth is what it is. It is not moved by want, it is not a blade of grass to be bent by the wind of your hopes and desires.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Pet