Let’s get something straight: Black folks love magical, fantastical, and scary book spaces. Always have. We’ve been casting spells, walking through haunted corridors, shapeshifting in the South, talking to spirits, and dancing under blood moons long before it was "trendy" or "diverse" to do so in the book world.
That’s why events like the Boozy Book Tour Haunted Mansion Fantasy Masquerade Ball Oct 28-31, 2027 Savannah, GA and Jess & Louis' Fae in the A Oct 23-25, 2026 Atlanta, GA book events are more than just “fun” or “aesthetic.” They’re a reclaiming. A celebration. A necessary reminder that Black readers, writers, and cosplayers don’t just belong in these worlds—we create them. We remix them. We put soul into fantasy, folklore, and horror.
These events are affirming. Where else do you get to see melanated fae queens in corsets and gold leaf crowns, Black vampires in velvet capes, or authors signing books filled with witches, monsters, and ancestral power that sound like your auntie or cousin?
These spaces matter because for too long, we were either left out of the fantasy or forced into side roles, magical tokens, or one-dimensional seers. Not anymore.
We’re showing up. We’re dressing up. We’re writing the stories. And we’re making the space.
So yes, bring on the masquerade masks, the haunted mansions in Savannah, and the fae courts in ATL. Because this is what freedom in storytelling looks like—Black, magical, scary, regal, and loud.
And we deserve every bit of it.
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