Diversity in Horror Fiction

A horror blog dedicated to works featuring and/or created by BIPOC, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ folk.

The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson

The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson

by diversity-admin | Nov 2, 2026 | adult, bipoc, disabled, ghosts & hauntings, gothic, lgbtqia

Formats: Print, audio, digital Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons Genre: Ghosts and Haunting, Gothic Audience: Adult Diversity: Black author, Black, neurodiverse main character with generalized anxiety disorder. Major bisexual character with alcohol use disorder...
Funerals Are for the Living by Sami Ellis

Funerals Are for the Living by Sami Ellis

by diversity-admin | Jun 10, 2026 | bipoc, disabled, lgbtqia, occult, thriller, young adult

Formats: Print, digital Publisher: Amulet Books Genre: Occult, Thriller Audience: Young Adult Diversity: Black, queer main character and author, main character with anxiety and depression Takes Place in: North Carolina Content Warnings (Highlight to view):  Alcohol...
These Bodies Ain’t Broken Edited by Madeline Dyer

These Bodies Ain’t Broken Edited by Madeline Dyer

by diversity-admin | Feb 2, 2026 | Anthology, bipoc, body horror, demons, disabled, historic, lgbtqia, monsters, myth & folklore, Own Voices, romance, vampires, young adult

Formats: Print, digital Publisher: Page Street Publishing Genre: Body Horror, Demon, Historic Horror, Monster, Myths and Folklore, Romance, Vampire Audience: Young Adult Diversity: Authors and characters with disabilities including ADHD, anxiety, agoraphobia, Autism,...

You’ve Awoken Her by Ana Dávila Cardinal

by diversity-admin | Jun 29, 2025 | bipoc, disabled, eldritch, mystery, Own Voices, young adult

Formats: Print, audio, digital Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Eldritch Horror, Mystery Audience: Young Adult Diversity: Puerto Rican main character and author, main character with anxiety disorder Takes Place in: The Hamptons, NY Content Warnings (Highlight to view):...
Malicia by Steven dos Santos

Malicia by Steven dos Santos

by diversityhorror | Mar 10, 2025 | bipoc, blood & guts, demons, disabled, lgbtqia, monsters, mystery, myth & folklore, occult, young adult

Formats: Print, audio, digital Publisher: Page Street Publishing Genre: Blood & Guts, Demon, Monster, Mystery, Myth and Folklore, Occult Audience: Young Adult Diversity: Gay and bisexual man characters, Dominican Americans, character with anxiety disorder Takes...
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