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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 9h

Day 18 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, Chicana author V. Castro's (@vlatinalondon.bsky.social) searing horror novel. Though La Llorona and a mother's haunting, Castro masterful anticolonial work expertly deconstructs system oppression and the violence of motherhood

The cover of THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, featuring the head and shoulders of a woman, almost completely covered in stylized flowers, except for a portion of her face, against a marigold background

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 11h

It’s still Latine Heritage Month! FREE READ!

Sonora Taylor @sonorataylor.bsky.social · 11h

Today on Fright Girl Summer, we have an excellent short story by A.P. Thayer called "Brainrot." Give it a read!

New Short Story: Brainrot by A.P. Thayer

Today we’re pleased to share a creepy short story from author A.P. Thayer. A. P. Thayer is a queer, Mexican-American writing cross-genre speculative fiction in Los Angeles. His work has appea…

frightgirlsummer.com

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Sonora Taylor @sonorataylor.bsky.social · 11h

Today on Fright Girl Summer, we have an excellent short story by A.P. Thayer called "Brainrot." Give it a read!

New Short Story: Brainrot by A.P. Thayer

Today we’re pleased to share a creepy short story from author A.P. Thayer. A. P. Thayer is a queer, Mexican-American writing cross-genre speculative fiction in Los Angeles. His work has appea…

frightgirlsummer.com

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 13h

Thank u!!!

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 14h

I’m so grateful for this community. I wrote this wanting to write an action character who was more than a tough woman kicking ass in the streets in steel toe boots and brass rings. She’s also vulnerable. She bleeds.

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 18h

BUY A COPY! OUT TODAY! Let’s celebrate and support women writing horror.

Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 18h

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

Gemma Amor dressed in pink holding a copy of ITCH!

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 20h

My mom is helping as many individuals as she can in Chicago. She’s a bilingual attorney close to retirement, but wants to do more. Proud of her. She didn’t go to law school until her forties. She was a domestic worker and had four children.
We are given gifts and opportunities to be of service.

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 20h

Love you all 🫶🏽

The Mutant Fam @themutantfam.bsky.social · 1d

A little off topic, but @vlatinalondon.bsky.social, author and apparent fan, has a new book out that looks pretty awesome. Among other things, she wrote one of my favorite stories in The End Of The World anthology.
- Carl/ @carlofcthulhu.bsky.social
#TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

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The Mutant Fam @themutantfam.bsky.social · 1d

A little off topic, but @vlatinalondon.bsky.social, author and apparent fan, has a new book out that looks pretty awesome. Among other things, she wrote one of my favorite stories in The End Of The World anthology.
- Carl/ @carlofcthulhu.bsky.social
#TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 1d

I love horror people year round
And you readers keep it happening 🖤

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Sonora Taylor @sonorataylor.bsky.social · 1d

Through today, @bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING! You can get a lot of my books from them, including my latest, ALL THE PIECES COMING TOGETHER. bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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Phantom of the Negative Zone @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 1d

Book post is the best post. One of my wife's picks this time. Learned about it at @cymerafestival.co.uk and she got the details from @vlatinalondon.bsky.social directly.
Turned up early. Nice!

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El Pistolero @rolandofgilead19.bsky.social · 2d

Got my copy of Tales of The Dark Feminine by V. Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social from my indie. She had it in her hands waiting for me. It looks so good in the store but feels better at home.
This book is gorgeous with it's gold foil, beautiful artwork, and the blackest of black sprayed edges.