Diversity Horror

“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

“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

“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