V Castro

NOMINATED FOR A BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL 2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The... Lire la suite

You are: A woman haunted through every reincarnation by a man who will not let her go. A monster fighting evil impulses that have guided your kind for centuries. A person conditioned with white supremacist masculinity who finds themselves in a... Lire la suite

An ancient Aztec vampire roams the modern world in search of vengeance and love in this seductive dark fantasy from the author of The Haunting of Alejandra. “Hauntingly rendered and decadently written, Immortal Pleasures is a surprising and... Lire la suite

Planet Tepes is the first book in the universe following the mysterious Valeria Tepes.
She was the wife of the infamous Lord Vlad Tepes. He was known on Earth as a
vampire, however, he was so much more. And so were his ancestors.
The... Lire la suite

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER Eine Anthologie mit 34 brandneuen Kurzgeschichten basierend auf Stephen Kings Meisterwerk, dem Nr. 1 New-York-Times-Bestseller THE STAND! Seit... Lire la suite

Two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, V. Castro dims the lights in a collection where you might devour your next lover or meet your next meal. Readers are invited to *The Pink Agave Motel,*where brutality and intimacy ooze across the pages,... Lire la suite

Nima works at a fancy hotel in the laundry room to make ends meet, but music is her life. She has big dreams of arenas and tour buses like her idol Lita Ford. However, her big breakthrough in the hair band scene and in love has been a difficult road... Lire la suite

In July 2024, I ventured to the Amazon rainforest in Quito, Equador, for a three day plant medicine retreat after a painful ending to a relationship. This is my account of what I experienced and what I learned about the remaining pain of all my past... Lire la suite

Collected together for the first time, this omnibus brings new authors to the Alien universe. Across three epic novels, discover the origins of fan-favorite character PFC Jenette Vasquez and her family, fight extinction at the hands of Xenomorphs,... Lire la suite

“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash some power to take us all away from our home to the place of our dreams. But we weren’t witches. We were five Chicanas living in San Antonio, Texas, one... Lire la suite

Sliced Up Press is delighted to present its debut anthology, featuring sixteen sweetly sinister stories. Grab your fork and dig in to tales of tiered cakes and teary eyes, plump currants and sinister undercurrents, all-consuming hunger and bizarre... Lire la suite

Twenty published authors share tips, tricks, advice, and encouragement for other writers. They talk about working through the rough times, making their first sales, and finding success in the publishing industry. Whether you’re traditional, indie,... Lire la suite

A short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions centered around the Chicana experience. The stunning, star-reviewed V. Castro weaves urban legend, folklore, life experience and heartache in this intimate anthology of modern... Lire la suite

Take a journey to the darker side of Christmas. A time of plenty and laughter for some, however, not everyone experiences warmth and joy. Some are hungry. Lonely. Out to kill.
A Victorian workhouse.
A high rise with dark secrets.
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It’s a few weeks until Halloween and Día de Los Muertos. Tula’s friend Carmen has convinced her to go to a new event called Night of the Calavera. It’s meant to celebrate the two holidays in the nearby town of Driftwood, Texas, not far from Tula in... Lire la suite

Read 100+ terrifying North American legends of monsters, cryptids, and more in this folk horror anthology illustrated with 75 stunning linocut-style artworks! Discover the original folk horror of North America . . . These 100+ terrifying legends... Lire la suite

Capturing the electric short fiction energy that led Robert E. Howard to be one of the top fantasy writers of the century, with exclusive serialized eBook stories starring Conan, Solomon Kane, and more by many of today's top writers in fantasy and... Lire la suite

hopes to find something more with the gorgeous mortician who has just moved into town to take over the local funeral home after the owners die in a house fire.
For weeks the tension has been building between Nola and Henry during their weekly... Lire la suite

In this seductive dark fantasy from the author of The Haunting of Alejandra, an ancient Aztec vampire roams modern Dublin in search of vengeance and love. Hundreds of years ago, she was known as La Malinche: a Nahua woman who translated for the... Lire la suite