Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror

Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror is a collection of personal essays from horror lovers all over the world. This collection was written by women and non-binary horror lovers. Each of the essays beautifully shows how horror has changed the lives of those who love horror.The book was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter which helped to fund the book cover design (by Rosie Cass), the purchasing of ISBNs, and to help pay for the POD service IngramSpark. Each backer received their copies of the book via PDF and will soon receive a small thank you gift which includes a postcard designed by Destiny Kelly.The book is due to be released on the 6th of December and will be available through many online retailers globally.There are plans for a Volume Two coming in 2022. Interest to contribute to that volume will be accepted in the new year.Essays in the anthology include:Squeezing My Hand in The Dark: A Girl Gang I Can Always Turn To by Rebecca McCallumLearning To Fight Like a Final Girl: How Horror Inspired Me To Become A Woman Without Women by Zoë Rose SmithGood Suffering by Blayne WaterlooThe (Not So) Safety Game of Life by Jerry J SampsonHaunted, Haunting by Violet BurnsMy Babysitter Was a Monster by Dulce MariaAt Home With Monsters by Gena RadcliffeWhen Survival is Enough: Finding Strength in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Jessica ScottBite-Sized Love Notes for Scooby-Doo (2002) & its Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by DylynNothing so Appalling: Words of Love For The Bizzare and Beautiful Fringes of Horror Films by Jack Van TuyleHorror Gave Me Back My Laugh by Catherine E. BensteadIsolation, Neurodiversity and The Story of How Horror Saved My Life by E.L. KingOn Mental Health, Creation and Horror by Hari BerrowHorror Gave Me Freedom by Ashley DTo Be Black and Love Horror by Destiny KellyBone Begets Blood: A Personal History of Horror From the Lab to the Cinema by KC AmiraBeing Friends with the Dark by Marina GarridoHorror in The Closet by Lucy HolmesGender Realisation Through Horror Movies: How Horror Movies Helped Me Realise I Am Non-Binary by Bernadetta FThe Love of My Life by KristenRebirth of Black Horror Cinema: Horror Fandom Through The Black Lens by Kyasia FieldsDon’t Dream it, Do it: Our Journey to Creating a Queer Horror Film Festival by Elecia Page and Sam WhitakerBodies, Blood, and Binaries: Developing the Trans Gaze in Horror Cinema by Jenni HoltzLove, Chaos, and Freddy Krueger by Amber RW KnappTowards Radical Transgender Politics in the Slasher Film by RC JaraThe book was edited by Catherine Benstead, S.C. Parris, and Violet Burns.