When Other People Saw Us, They Saw the Dead

by Gerardo J Mercado Hernández, Adaline Jacques, Aliya Chaudhry, Alicia Thompson, A. M. Perez

Overview

A faceless man stalks a woman's nightmares in Hollywood. A Kanontsistó ntie is summoned to seek revenge in a residential school. A move from the projects to Manhattan leads to ominous shadows closing in. Two sisters discover a secret room in their farm, unearthing a sinister power.

Originally published in Scotland, When Other People Saw Us, They Saw the Dead is an anthology of dark, unsettling writing from some of the most exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore, fantasy and fairy-tale, these eerie short stories will disturb, move and humor you. Death is ever-present in the pages of They Saw the Dead, blending with notions of home, memory, grief and belonging, as well as gentrification, white supremacy and colonization.

Edited by Lauren T. Davila, They Saw the Dead explores what it is to be truly haunted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954255609
Publisher:	Outland Entertainment
Publication date:	08/01/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Gerardo J. Mercado Herná ndez (he\they) is a Puerto Rican writer and poet. Currently working as a math tutor, he enjoys making art learning about world history and different spiritual beliefs. Gerardo' s recurring subjects are the Caribbean, individuals and their community, and undefined, ever-protean, creatures. He is currently working on his first poetry book and other stories. Gerardo lives in Northern Puerto Rico while permanently catching up on physics and music. Adaline Jacques is a young Black individual and a Native New Yorker living in Los Angeles who holds an interest in all things art. Jacques, whose real name is Amra-Adachi Jean, has a background in performance arts, having spread herself among multiple musical groups, whether they be educational or extracurricular. She is more than honored to be a contributor to When Other People Saw Us, They Saw the Dead and looks forward to contributing to many more projects akin to it. Aliya Chaudhry is a fiction writer and journalist. As a journalist, she covers music and internet culture, and has written for Billboard, Vice, Slate, Kerrang! and The Verge, among other publications. She has lived in the United Kingdom, Pakistan, the United States and Kenya. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English and a concentration in creative writing in 2018.The following year, she earned her Master' s in Journalism from Columbia University. She is currently working on her first novel, which is about death, memory, and ghost stories. Alicia Thompson was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she has lived for the past fifty-three years, minus three at the end of the 80s when she jumped down a rabbit hole that took her to Humboldt County.Alicia loves sci-fi, fantasy and horror and has written two YA novels about quantum physics and how hard it is being seventeen and the most destructive force in the universe. She is a human being, proud to be Black, and thanks you for reading her stuff! All love to all of you. A.M. Perez is a writer of speculative fiction with a Master' s in Psychology completing her PhD thesis in the same field at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. She is Mohawk, Jewish, and Puerto Rican and grew up in Santiago, Chile. Her expertise in psychology and her mixed-cultural identity inspire the themes and elements in her dozens of novels and short stories. When she is not writing, she enjoys painting, teaching, running, and playing with her dogs. L.C. Star is a Latina adult, young adult, and middle-grade writer with a focus on fantasy, witches, gothic horror, and identity. She is also the author of the upcoming novel series The Servant Prince. She is a Buddhist Mexican-Salvadorian American who currently lives in New Jersey, USA, with her Chinese-American boyfriend. Lauren T. Davila is a Pushcart-nominated Latina writer currently pursuing her Ph.D. in English at Claremont Graduate University in California, USA. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from George Mason University and dual BAs in English and Creative Writing from Pepperdine University. After completing her studies, she plans to teach at the collegiate level while publishing poetry and fiction. Nisha Addleman is a half-Indian, half-white writer and the daughter of an immigrant mother. Her stories vary from genre to genre and often address mental health issues, including ones she experiences herself, such as depression and anxiety. Growing up in a diverse community, Nisha' s work also features an emphasis on inclusivity and diverse characters.She was born and raised in Central Coast, California, where she still lives with her husband and dog. In her spare time you can find her cooking, sewing, and dancing. Adam Ma is an avid fan of horror and fantasy, and has spent most of his freelance career building lore-rich worlds for adventurous strang