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. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Ī short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions centered around the Chicana experience.

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Mestiza Blood by V. Castro