I'm writing my master's thesis on contemporary women led horror novels. My specific focus is on body horror and psychological horror, with a main character who is socially abberant or taboo-breaking in some way. It does not have to be extreme necessarily.
Some books I'm already using (all of which include psychological and body horror in varying levels):
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
All's Well by Mona Awad
Stories from The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
I've had a hard time finding novels with a Black female lead that align with any of these. I don't know if that's because there's an underrepresentation or if the books are not mainstream.
Any suggestions would be helpful!
by incorrigible_tabby
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Lone Woman by Victor LaValle
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due’s
Since this is for a “Master’s Thesis” *please* also go to your academic library and have your librarian help you with a list/don’t just depend on Reddit ;). This is what they are there for and they will have resources and subscription access to bibliographies of such things or can show you how to access those.
Lone Women by Victor Lavelle.
If you’re writing your Master’s, you should be able to find the answer to this question yourself.
My sister the serial killer might fit?
there’s a collection of short stories called weird black girls by i forget who but the first story is kind of horror and has a black FMC