Latine Horror
Check out these horror books by authors of Latina/o/e background! Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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The Haunting of Alejandra
Struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her, Alejandra discovers she, like the women in her family before her, is being haunted by La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican Legend, and must summon everything she's inherited from her foremothers to banish this demon forever.
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You Glow in the Dark
Bolivian writer Colanzi makes her English-language debut with a shimmering collection focused on the ruinous consequences of human folly.
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Our Share of Night
In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family home near Iguazú Falls, where they must confront the horrific legacy she has bequeathed. For the woman they are grieving came from a family like no other--a centuries-old secret society called the Order that pursues eternal life through ghastly rituals.
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The Secret Life of Insects
Fans of slow, quiet horror that causes great dread will appreciate Esquinca's tales . . . Everyone should be paying attention to this voice in horror. (Booklist)
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House of Bone and Rain
As Hurricane Maria bears down, five lifelong friends in Puerto Rico vow to get justice after one of their mothers is murdered by men connected to the biggest drug dealer on the island. (Library Journal)
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Hurricane Season
Inspired by a real event of the murder of a woman in rural Mexico, Hurricane Season takes place in a world filled with superstitions and violence-violence that poisons everything around.
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Silver Nitrate
Helping a cult horror director shoot the missing scene from his magic film that was never finished to lift a curse, sound editor Montserrat and her best friend Tristan start seeing strange things and must unravel the mystery of this film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city.
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Cockfight
Thirteen stories explore domestic horrors and everyday violence, providing an intimate and unflinching portrait of twenty-first-century Latin America.
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Tender Is the Flesh
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans--though no one calls them that anymore. Then one day he's given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he's aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost--and what might still be saved.
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The Night
Venezuelan writer Blanco Calderón weaves a labyrinthine study of language, writers, and obsession against a backdrop of rampant femicides and the energy and political crises in contemporary Caracas. (Publishers Weekly)
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