Diversity Horror

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

“Some of the things you know are not true, it said. You have to learn that things might not be real, even if they look familiar.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Pet

“I was twelve when I told my parents that I would much rather find a princess than a prince. They had gone into a state of panic, from which they emerged with a renewed sense of determination. They told me that in order to survive I would have to hide how I felt. I was never very good at it, and the weight of that mask grows heavier with each passing year. I want nothing more than to cast it aside.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“Every family has a myth for the young to inherit–an undocumented fable passed between mouths, a grave illness to be contracted–as if the very words were a blight to infect the youth with and let them know they’re now welcome to the fold.”
― Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke