Can't You See It's Coming?

The Black Girl Survives in This One meets Get Out, in this thought-provoking and haunting YA fiction anthology featuring ten stories by acclaimed and emerging Black femme and non-binary authors exploring American racism through the lens of horror.

This collection assembles a group of Black and Afro-Latinx non-binary and women authors who share their authentic perspectives in these chilling tales. The full list of talent includes:

• Editor, Erika Turner: critically acclaimed YA author of And Other Mistakes (she/her)
  
• Kalynn Bayron: NYT bestselling author of You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight and Cinderella is Dead (she/her)
  
• Brandy Colbert: award-winning YA author of Black Birds in the Sky and Little & Lion (she/her)
  
• Rebecca Barrow: critically acclaimed YA author of And Don't Look Back (she/her)
  
• Kirya Traber: nationally awarded playwright, podcaster, and cultural worker (she/her)
  
• Jaz Joyner: award-winning author of Pansy: A Black American Memoir (they/them)
  
• Melania Luisa Marte: Audie award-winning poet and author of Plantains and Our Becoming (she/her)
  
• Ashia Monet: author of The Black Veins (she/her)
  
• Cassandra Eddington: PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers nominated (she/her)
  
• Samm Saxby: writer and editor for Forest Avenue Press (she/her)

Brandy Colbert is the award-winning author of several books for children and teens, including Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which was the winner of the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and a finalist for the American Library Association's Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award. Her other acclaimed books include The Blackwoods, Pointe, The Voting Booth, The Only Black Girls in Town, and the Stonewall Book Award winner Little & Lion. Brandy lives in Los Angeles. You can find her online at brandycolbert.com.

• Publisher: Versify
  
• Publish Date: October 20, 2026
  
• Pages: 352
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Hardcover
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780358623359
  
• Dimensions: 9 in H | 6 in W | 1 lb Wt
  
• BISAC Categories: Teens & YA