'In The Queen of the Cicadas, there's a thin, bloody veil between worlds, the past isn't past at all, and you can feel your heart beating in the pages, the words pulsing with life. Read it.' - Gabino Iglesias, author of Coyote Songs Dark, atmospheric, sexy, and dangerous, her fiction brings readers her unfiltered Latinx essence and a unique pulpy flavor. Castro is the voice of authenticity una voz que lucha por la igualdad. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established the award winners, and exciting, original voices. The collection finishes with two longer tales: The Final Porn Star is a twist on the final girl trope and slasher, with a creature from Mexican folklore and Truck Stop is an erotic horror romance with two hearts: a video store and a truck stop.įLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. V.Castro weaves urban legend, folklore, life experience and heartache in this personal journey beginning in south Texas: a bar where a devil dances the night away a street fight in a neighborhood that may not have been a fight after all a vengeful chola at the beginning of the apocalypse mind swapping in the not so far future satan who falls and finds herself in a brothel in Amsterdam the keys to Mictlan given to a woman after she dies during a pandemic. Castro weaves urban legend, folklore, life experience and heartache in this intimate anthology of modern horrors.įrom the lauded author of The Queen of the Cicadas (which picked up starred reviews from PW, Kirkus and Booklist who called her 'a dynamic and innovative voice') comes a short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions focused on the Chicana experience. A short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions centered around the Chicana experience.

Mestiza Blood by V. Castro