A boy explores the abandoned house of a dead fascist... A leaked sex tape pushes a woman to the brink... A sex worker discovers a dark secret among the nuns of the pampas... The mountain fog is not what it seems... Kermit the Frog dreams of murder... In ten chilling stories from an ensemble cast of contemporary Latin American writers, including Mariana Enriquez (tr. Megan McDowell), Camila Sosa Villlada (tr. Kit Maude), Claudia Hern ndez (tr. by Julia Sanches and Johanna Warren) and M nica Ojeda (tr. Sarah Booker and Noelle de la Paz), horror infiltrates the unexpected, taboo regions of the present-day psyche.
Horrific stories from talented Latin American writers
Published by Rachel , 1 month ago
The stories in this anthology are so creative, and the translators did an excellent job. Some of the images from this book will stay in my head for the rest of my life. Themes in the stories are corruption, cults, growing up under a dictatorship, and toxic family.
My favorite stories:
• That Summer in the Dark by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
•Soroche by Mónica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker and Noelle de la Paz
•Visitor by Julián Isaza, translated by Joel Streicker
•Lazarus the Vulture by Claudia Hernández, translated by Julia Sanches and Johanna Warren
•The House of Compassion by Camila Sosa Villada, translated by Kit Maude
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