Diversity Horror

“The first step to seeing is seeing that there are things you do not see, it said. Jam paused and frowned. I don’t understand. The creature sighed and rustled its fur a little. If you do not know there are things you do not see, it said, then you will not see them because you do not expect them to be there. You think you see everything, so you think everything you see is all there is to be seen.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Pet

“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

“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

“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