With her latest novella, Castro conjures a fast-paced, hard-hitting tale of possession and the power of friendship straight out of Aztec mythology. A Mexican-American now living in the U.K., Castro’s work includes Sed de Sangre, The Erotic Modern Life of Malinalli The Vampire, Maria The Wanted and The Legacy of The Keepers, Hairspray and Switchblades, and her short fiction has been featured in Rigor Morbid: Lest Ye Become, Lockdown, Worst Laid Plans, and she edited Latinx Screams with Cynthia Pelayo. Castro has taken the horror fiction world by storm. With the help of her “bruja Craft crew” and a professor, Lourdes begins to unravel what happened to Fernanda before her friend is lost forever. Everything is fun and games and tipsy laughter, but soon their giggles turn to horror when their prayer candles burst into flames and Fernanda begins to crawl to her friends while chanting in the language of their Aztec ancestors, Nahuatl.įernanda continues to act strange over the next few weeks: cutting her hands up on rose bushes, smearing black makeup on herself, and sucking the sins from the mouths of the guilty.įather Moreno, the local priest, is sure it’s a demon, but Lourdes fears it’s something much more ancient and powerful.

On a hot summer night, five friends … Lourdes, Ana, Pauline, Fernanda, and Perla … have a séance. “With her latest novella, Castro conjures a fast-paced, hard-hitting tale of possession and the power of friendship straight out of Aztec mythology.”

Goddess of Filth by V. Castro