Mesmerizing Absolutely loved this anthology. Awesome writers who compliment each other through their writings. The stories flowed as each author contributed to the rhythm and flow.

I'm not a horror book fan and even less a short story fan. However, Slay is everything a horror lover would like. I was engaged in a few of the stories and would probably read them if they were full novels. Carefully, of course, because I don't want to sleep with the lights on.

I have pages and pages of notes as well as a bunch of new authors to follow on social media/support and start buying their books. Wow! What a collection. Thank you to the publisher, Mocha Memoirs Press for sending a digital review copy for consideration.SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire is an anthology celebrating vampires of the African Diaspora. And since I enjoyed doing some research and educating myself on words and phrases that were new to me, I thought that I would pass on some of the inf...

Twenty-eight stories steeped in blood, including works by Craig Laurance Gidney, Sheree Renée Thomas, Steven Van Patten, L. Marie Wood, LH Moore, and a whole lot more.(WARNING: This review contains minor spoilers.)I received this book in exchange for an honest review. I thank Mocha Memoirs Press and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity.It’s been a while since I picked up an anthology, and I couldn’t resist Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire as my undying love for Buffy and vampires in general...

Full review coming in Feb

All in all, this was a good collection of stories, though some were better than others. It is always interesting to read a different perspective on vampires than the usual, Dracula inspired retailing of the myth. So I especially loved the stories that incorporated African mythology.This is quite a lengthy book with many stories, so after a while they tend to blur a bit, so I would recommend reading this one story at a time as a palate cleanser between other books. My only complaint is that you c...

The primary thing I demand from a vampire story is originality. Surprise me in some way beyond sparkly chests or “only one side of my body is a vampire” gimmicks. Do the undead some justice. I was very pleased to see the first 2 stories in SLAY: Stories from the Vampire Noire set a tone of unique twists on a venerable genre, although “Dessicant” by Craig Laurance Gidney felt like something from a longer piece, particularly with how it ended, but I liked the surprises it threw, especially how the...

about the collection (which features 28 STORIES!!) via goodreads: “Drawing from a variety of cultural and mythological backgrounds, SLAY dares to imagine a world of horror and wonder where Black protagonists take center stage — as vampires, as hunters, as heroes. From immortal African deities to resistance fighters; matriarchal vampire broods to monster hunting fathers; coming of age stories to end of life stories, SLAY is a groundbreaking Afrocentric vampire anthology celebrating the rich cultu...

Slay: Stories of Vampire Noire presents readers with a collection of vampire stories that often get overlooked, stories that are important, diverse, and engaging; stories from Black voices.One of the things that is made immediately clear with this anthology, from the very blurb on the back using the phrase Diaspora, is that even though the stories in this collection are united by their blackness, that there is a huge difference in how that plays out in these stories, and what it means to be Blac...

Disclaimer: I received an ARC in exchange for a review.A three-point-something rounded up to a four star rating for its originality. This rich anthology centers African and Afrodiasporic vampiric tales and gives us 25+ stories! They are divided into three main sections: US & Britain, Africa (my favorite) and the future. Like any anthology, it's a mixed bag and I'm sure anyone will find some stories they'll love and some they'll dislike. However, this collection is so diverse that it's impossible...

I received a copy of Slay in exchange for a fair and honest review. SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire is a massive collection of, well, vampire stories, Each and every one of them is focused on and celebrates the African Diaspora. There are a total of twenty-eight short stories in this collection. Yes, you really did read that right! There are legit almost thirty stories revolving around vampires in SLAY, and each one is totally unique from the rest. I'll review each short story in greater de...

You can read a more detailed review of this book over on my blog!This book has one of the best premises for a collection of short stories I’ve ever heard; it’s all about black people and vampires. I was so excited to pick this up because I’m desperate to read more vampire stories where white people aren’t the focus. Oh boy, does Slay deliver! As always with short stories, there are some I like more, some I like less, but overall this book was brilliant. With unique twists and turns of old tropes...

The anthology is a brilliant mix of diverse stories about vampires and vampiric entities. As with any collection, some of the stories drew me in more effectively than others and, in Slay, there are some absolute gems. I had two favourite stories in this collection. The first was the beautiful and poignant Encounters by K. R. S. McEntire, which starts with the unforgettable line - “My husband had been dead for twenty years when I saw him at the airport.” Who could resist an opening like that? Not...

Thank you to NetGalley and Mocha Memoirs Press for providing me with this E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.This anthology celebrates vampires and slayers of the African Diaspora. Drawing from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and myths, each short story has a unique tale to tell which allows the reader to dive into multiple worlds, each involving our favourite undead monsters.The book is separated into three sections – United States and Britain, Africa, and The Future. This allows the re...

SLAY is a unique collection of 28 short stories celebrating vampires and slayers of the African Diaspora.Each story in this anthology leaves it own unique mark on the reader. It is very rare to get a consistent selection, but I can honestly say that there is no weak story within this anthology. Although it could be commented that certain stories may not have worked in the short story format and could have been longer, I still loved reading them and did not rate any individual story below a 3 sta...

There's like THIRTY stories in this collection! Truly something here for everyone.My personal faves were the stories:Love Hangover by Sheree Renée Thomas (the atmosphere! The longing!)Diary of a Mad Black Vampire by Dicey Grenor (loved the format and I'm always here for a twist ending)Snake Hill Blues by John Linwood Grant (the characters! The magic!)And Quadrille by Colin Cloud Dance (the structure was brilliant. Like what else can I say????)The editing could use some juice. It was by no means

This has been one of my favorite short horror stories about vampires.They are all so different and unique and include so much culture that it is a treat to discover the different takes on vampirism.There will be something for everyone and it is one of those rare occasions in which I really loved nearly all of the stories.

DNF @ 52 % I knew it was different stores in this book, but i did not think it was that many and they all were extremely short. I felt like when i had sort of gotten into the story it was done and it happend i think 99% of it. I didn`t enjoy that and some of the stories was sort of interesting as i stated but then it got done and i was like hey! why? then another story i had to get to know the characters all over again. This just was not for me.

This book arrived just in time for Halloween, full of vampires, lovers, and other monsters. Horror is my favorite genre, and I was excited to see this anthology that celebrates Black horror writers. Growing up, I saw a handful of vampires and monsters like Blade, Blacula, and The Candyman, but those stories were all filtered through the white lens of Hollywood. This book is different, and yes, revolutionary.As with any anthology, not all of the stories were to my taste, but I found so very many

Some books you go into determined to love them, and SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire was one of those stories for me. Like, look at the summary. Look at the cover!Since it’s an anthology, it’s inevitable that some of the stories were better than others. Some of them were actually much better than others, which is mostly a comment on how damn perfect some of the stories were rather than as a slight on the other stories.Particular favourites of mine:--‘Lover Hangover’ by Sheree Renée Thomas | A