Cultural and age clashes are inevitable, but Star Wars goes a lot towards smoothing things over and finding common ground in the household that is trying to get along. Things become financially tight for the small family, so they move into an apartment with Tom’s devout Catholic mother.

Infidel is the story of Aisha, a Pakistani-American Muslim woman, who lives in New York with her fiance, Tom, a nice Caucasian Catholic man and his daughter from a previous marriage. Who knew both concepts could be actualized in one graphic novel? Infidel by Pornsak Pichetshote (A Thai-American author and film director) will have you both questioning why people think moving into old house is a splendid idea, but also why people group themselves off by race, gender, or religion. Please, creep me out totally! Get in my head! Make me wonder about the things that go bump in the night or if my shadow at dusk is actually my shadow. Graphic novels written by and about, African Americans, Caucasians, Hispanic, etc.

Graphic novels that are original creations or graphic novels that are adaptations of literature and movies. The horror elements also vary, from supernatural horror to the everyday horror that too many people face daily.Diversity is the spice of life, or is it horror and suspense? Throughout my years of being a graphic novel reader and enthusiast, I like to mix things up.

There’s a mix of novels, novellas, short story collections, and even poetry in here to satisfy any reading craving you may have. So please enjoy this shortlist of terrifying works of horror by AAPI authors.

Preparation for writing this has expanded my TBR and put some new authors on my radar for that, I am always grateful for this opportunity to learn more about books. And I say that as a compliment.īut as an Asian American myself, who also wants to be recognized as both an Asian AND an American, it both amazed (and horrified) me that Asian American and Pacific Islander authors did not immediately pop to the front of my mind. I may be speaking for myself, but when I think of “Asian horror” my first thoughts are of works in translation and their movie adaptations that make me want to pour bleach on my eyeballs. Researching and reading books for this piece has been an unexpectedly needed experience for me.

Infidel by pornsak pichetshote