Mexican Fantasy

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM...

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. “A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom, and...

She's a witch from another world. She's the cyborg monster sent to capture her. When they’re trapped in the dark, their shared enemy is the only thing more dangerous than their growing desire. Xochitl’s world is one of marigolds and memory, where the veil between the living and the dead is as thin as copal smoke. But when a sacred Día de los Muertos ritual is hijacked by a hungry, alien power, she is ripped from her home and thrown into Cempasúchil—a cyberpunk nightmare of chrome pyramids, holographic saints, and a corporation that mines souls for data. In this city, her ancestral ...

From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic, comes Certain Dark Things, a pulse-pounding neo-noir that reimagines vampire lore. Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! One of Amazon's Best Romances of September! A People Magazine Romantasy Pick! Legend goes that long ago a Flores woman offended the old gods, and their family was cursed as a result. Now, every woman born to the family has a touch of magic. Sage Flores has been running...

Mexican witchcraft, or brujeria, has long been an integral part of traditional Mexican culture that permeates all strata of social hierarchy, ethnicity, or level of education. "Brujeria de Rancho" refers to brujeria as it is practiced in the rural areas of Mexico. There, the brujos de Ranch offer their healing and divinatory powers, acting as advisors, and even meting out justice through the use of cursing and hexing for people who are often not able to pay lawyers' fees.

Gifted—or cursed—with the power to influence the weather, one woman must embrace her wild heart in the next electric romance from the author of Witch of Wild Things. Teal Flores is desperate for two things—control over her gift of weather, and a date to her ex’s wedding. The first...

One of the more remarkable sub-genres in Mexican cinema is the horror western. Frequently lensed on limited budgets and tied to a number of genre cliches, these productions occasionally overcame their budgetary limitations to provide distinctly unique images and memorable action. Many infused their suspense with mysterious heroes, improbable creatures, and occasional unexpected musical numbers. Yet, they remain entertaining .despite budgetary constraints and the use of cliches and improbabilities. This is an overview of the development of the sub-genre, including reference to many of the ...

Juancho En Tu Rancho is an explosive, cinematic superhero epic that blends ancient mysticism, cosmic power, and relentless action into a story like no other. Meet Juancho—a hero forged by centuries, carrying the bloodline of the Mexica civilization, immortal, invincible, and unstoppable. Born on a forgotten planet where his ancestors built the pyramids that span the universe, Juancho’s destiny is entwined with the legacy of a people whose knowledge and power shaped worlds. He can move faster than light, strike with unimaginable strength, and defy time itself—but even his extraordinary...

Three generations of fiercely strong and stubborn Mexican American women face grief head-on as they attempt to shed generational trauma and discover the true meaning of home in this “magical, haunting, and joyful” (Carolyn Huynh, author of The Fortunes of Jaded Women) novel that feels like...

His magic is a sin. His rival is a monster. Their song could save the world... or shatter it. Rafael Solís is a heretic. At El Conservatorio, a magical academy where music is power, his sentimiento is fueled by a grief so profound it freezes the air. Scorned by his instructors and feared by his peers, he is an outcast whose only solace is the chaotic, sorrowful music that channels the loss of his mother. His opposite in every way is Xolotl de la Noche—a prodigy of terrifying discipline, a silent god of stone hiding in the skin of a student. His music is flawless, his control absolute, ...

Noche is a Lechuza by night, an ethereal jet-black owl who guides the dead to the after. Except now, Noche cannot bring herself to escort her dead girlfriend, whose soul is fading the harder Noche holds on—an aching romance about first and second loves and finding the strength to let go...

Six years after being stranded in the past, Will has survived the Alamo, brokered peace with the Comanche, and found love. Now he faces his greatest challenge yet. Determined to enforce a treaty's boundary, the president orders Will and the army of the Republic of Texas to annex everything north of the Rio Grande, including Santa Fe. But the dictator, Santa Anna has returned to power in Mexico and he wants his country back - all of it. Will faces an unwinnable situation; he is stranded hundreds of miles away from the Alamo when he uncovers plans for a Mexican invasion.

Raul is supposed to be helping me build my dream home. But from the first time I meet the tattooed, bearded worker, I know I want those skilled hands gripping more than tools... If you believe REAL MEN SUCK: MILKING THE RABBI MILKED BY THE COWBOY MILKED BY THE QUARTERBACK MILKED BY THE COMMANDO MILKING MY RESCUER MILKING THE ROCK STAR MILKED BY MY PROTECTOR MILKED BY THE MECHANIC MILKED BY DAD'S BEST FRIEND MILKED BY MY PRIEST MILKED BY MY ASSASSIN MILKED BY THE CARPENTER BOXED SET: BOOKS 1-12

A chilling Lovecraftian horror story from the author of Midnight Rooms, in which a recently freed slave from America making a new life for herself in 1700 Venice finds the mysterious plague that killed her former master may have followed her to Italy . . . and now stalks the canals. Venice...

Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that—gasp!—make him look abysmally alive. But being the fabulous vampire that he is (and hoping to avoid rejection), he hides his rosy complexion behind elaborate vampire outfits in traditional black. That is, he does until he finds out that his best friend has a pink secret of her own.

A vampire named Bitsy. A grieving father's rage. An intergalactic cosmetic saleswoman. Loving wives, thwarted mistresses. Demons, ghosts, gods, and angels. Telepathic dinosaurs and humanoid robots. What do these diverse elements have in common? Stories about them have sprung from the imagination of Karen E. Taylor, a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author. In Mexican Moon and Other Stories, the writer of the popular Vampire Legacy series will take you on a tour of distant planets, drafty castles, haunted houses, and the most frightening place of all.

A college Spanish professor makes the decision to become a trans woman and goes back to work at school with a drastically new look. She is too hot for her own good and attracts some students from her college class who are curious. They meet up with her after class in the evening and discuss her transition in great detail!

Welcome to Legacy City, America’s nightmare. Poverty and pain are the norm, the local cops and politicians are corrupt, the crime families rule with an iron fist, and they are all profiting from a ravenous new drug called “The Trip”, which has been tearing its way through lower-class neighborhoods. Just when all hope seems lost, a real-life vigilante shows up and begins raising Hell one block at a time. His name…The Illegal.

The audiobook features a collection of short stories and is a continuation of Mexican Radio And Other Short Stories, Volume I. The stories here range from science fiction to westerns and from fantasy to horror and suspense.