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Daphne Fama

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Actively plotting my own downfall. Buy my spooky book about filipino folklore, cannibalism, and toppling a dictatorship. ✨ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207767929-house-of-monstrous-women

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Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 12

House of Monstrous Women releases today.

It's a story of oppression, liberation, sacrifice, and hope that refuses to be extinguished.

I am beyond lucky to have written this story and even luckier to share it with all of you. From the bottom of my heart:

Thank you.

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · 17d

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20d

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 21d

This game was so real for this

Gaia from the Captain Planet game pointing to a crystal void and saying "Remember, there are still so many old white men who have to die, Planeteers."

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · 20d

Things have never felt more fucked. When the world tries to silence you, keep shouting.

UNITE. PROTEST. FIGHT. And don’t forget: VOTE VOTE VOTE.

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Sep 2

Folk horrors that will crawl beneath your skin and make your blood run cold. (@daphnefama.bsky.social)

8 Folklore-Inspired Horror Novels That Will Make Your Skin Crawl - Electric Literature

Prejudice, misogyny, and colonial violence are the real terror in these books that will make your blood run cold

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Lila Denning @vantine.bsky.social · Aug 18

Horror at the library! @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @daphnefama.bsky.social @catherinedang.bsky.social

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 16

It was such a delight to be on Ink in Your Veins! We dig deep on how to use grief and pain to bring your work to life.

519 | On Using Real Pain to Bring Life to Your Work, with Daphne Fama

YouTube video by Rachael Herron

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you so much for having me, it was such a pleasure!!

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Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤 @splturnthepage.bsky.social · Aug 14

And here's 363C! Jessikah chatted with Daphne Fama about HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN, which mixes Gothic and folk horror during the Marcos regime in the 1980’s Philippines. Make sure this one is on your TBR list. @daphnefama.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social

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Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks so much for having me!!

Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤 @splturnthepage.bsky.social · Aug 14

And here's 363C! Jessikah chatted with Daphne Fama about HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN, which mixes Gothic and folk horror during the Marcos regime in the 1980’s Philippines. Make sure this one is on your TBR list. @daphnefama.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social

turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/08/14/t...

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Rhea Dionne @rheadionne.bsky.social · Aug 12

Check out my review of House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama @duncansbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @daphnefama.bsky.social #houseofmonstrouswomen #horror #gothic #folklore #Philippines #sapphic #family #sacrifice #Haunting #bookreview
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House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama: Haunting and Visceral - Duncans Books and More

A young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the mazelike home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror set in 1986 Philippines. In this game, there’s one...

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Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you for the lovely review!

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks so much!!!

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you Kali!!! ❤️

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you Victor!!!

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you!!

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you so much!!!

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 13

this is painfully relatable 🥲

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · Aug 11

Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—and it’s coming this fall.

Thank you, @premeemohamed.com, for the kind words!

Reddish brown background showing detail of an ornate wood carving. Foreground is text that reads:

For all its beauty, no saints, no heroes, no angels inhabit this villa—only ghosts and secrets.
Manibo has crafted a pitch-perfect modern gothic, in which the personal is political and there is no such thing as the past: only facets of a dangerous and suffocating present.

- Premee Mohamed
Nebula, World Fantasy, and Aurora Award-winning author

Below the text is an image of the hardcover for
THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo

On the lower left and lower right hand corners are the logos of Erewhon Books and Kensington books respectively

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · Aug 12

Happy book birthday to HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN by @daphnefama.bsky.social! Gothic horror fans are in for such a treat—it’s full of Filipino history and folklore, a labyrinthine mansion, a dangerous game with sinister consequences, atmospheric prose, and SO MUCH MORE! 😈

The book cover for HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN. The title is in big bold letters surrounded by purple banyan trees and a girl in pink in the middle.

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Sley House Presents @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social · Aug 12

We've got a new interview out now featuring @daphnefama.bsky.social and her novel HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN! Come join to hear us talk about generational conflict, how the history of the Philippines fits into the book's story, and more!

Find us at Sley House Presents on all your podcast platforms!

Sley House Presents Episode #157: House of Monstrous Women with Daphne Fama. Episode is available on all major podcast platforms, like Spotify or Apple podcasts.

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thank you!!!

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 12

Ohhhh that makes me so happy, ty!!

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tysm!!! 💜❤️

Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social · Aug 12

House of Monstrous Women releases today.

It's a story of oppression, liberation, sacrifice, and hope that refuses to be extinguished.

I am beyond lucky to have written this story and even luckier to share it with all of you. From the bottom of my heart:

Thank you.