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The collection finishes with two longer tales: The Final Porn Star is a twist on the final girl trope and slasher, with a creature from Mexican folklore and Truck Stop is an erotic horror romance with two hearts: a video store and a truck stop.įLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. Fifteen years ago, she moved to the UK, and resides there with her family, though she returns to the US often to visit family. She moved to Philadelphia PA to attend Drexel University, where she earned a BS in political science and history. Castro weaves urban legend, folklore, life experience and heartache in this intimate anthology of modern horrors. JViolet Castro was born Jand grew up in San Antonio TX. 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. A short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions centered around the Chicana experience. 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. A short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions centered around the Chicana experience. Castro 4.1 (7) eBook 6.99 Hardcover 26.95 Paperback 16.95 eBook 6.99 View All Available Formats & Editions Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps.

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