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Golden Age Hollywood - a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and
intrigue. Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a
big-budget movie about the legendary temptress.
So when the film's mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown
Mexican ingenue, in the lead role, she quickly becomes the talk of the
town. Vera also becomes an object of envy for Nancy Hartley, a bit
player whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the
fame she believes she richly deserves.
As Vera navigates the glitz and the gilded glamour of her new city,
Nancy follows silently behind, trying to take everything she believes
Vera has been unfairly handed.
But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of the
princess Salome herself. Consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who
foretells the doom of her stepfather, Salome is a woman torn between
the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart.
And tragedy is waiting in the wings . . . for all three women.
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Untamed Shore
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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R447
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Discovery Miles 3 760
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Silver Nitrate
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Daughter of
Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican
horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about a curse
that haunts a legendary lost film - and awakens one woman's hidden
powers. Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented
sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film
industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all-but-invisible to her
best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even
though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán
discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel
Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change
their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic
into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer
fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta
swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed. Now the
director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the
missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices
a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost
of his ex-girlfriend . . . As they work together to unravel the
mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their
city, Montserrat and Tristan might find out that sorcerers and
magic are not only the stuff of movies . . .
From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of
MEXICAN GOTHIC (July 2020) and VELVET WAS THE NIGHT (August 2021),
comes UNTAMED SHORE, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced coming-of-age
story with a classical noir. 'Brutality takes on an almost divine
quality' LA Review of Books Baja California, 1979: Viridiana spends
her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in
their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore. Her head
is filled with dreams of romance, travel and of a future beyond
this drab town where her only option is to marry and have children.
When a wealthy American writer arrives with his wife and
brother-in-law, Viridiana jumps at the offer of a job as his
assistant, and she's soon entangled in the glamorous foreigners'
lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from her
humdrum life. When one of them dies, eager to protect her new
friends, Viridiana lies - but soon enough, someone's asking
questions. It's not long before Viridiana has some of her own
questions about the identities of her new acquaintances. Sharks may
be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour
a naive young woman unwittingly entangled in a web of deceit.
The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a mesmerising feminist re-imagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a young socialite discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico.
He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me.
When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin begging to be rescued from a mysterious doom, it's clear something is desperately amiss. Catalina has always had a flair for the dramatic, but her claims that her husband is poisoning her and her visions of restless ghosts seem remarkable, even for her.
Noemí's more suited to cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing, but she heads immediately to High Place, a remote mansion in the Mexican countryside, determined to discover what is so affecting her cousin. She's tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: not of her cousin's new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who is fascinated by Noemí; and not of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi's dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family's youngest son. Shy and gentle, he wants to help - but he might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family's past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family's once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.
And Noemí, mesmerised by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to leave this enigmatic house behind . . .
From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of
MEXICAN GOTHIC (July 2020) and VELVET WAS THE NIGHT (August 2021),
comes UNTAMED SHORE, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced coming-of-age
story with a classical noir. 'Brutality takes on an almost divine
quality' LA Review of Books Baja California, 1979: Viridiana spends
her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in
their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore. Her head
is filled with dreams of romance, travel and of a future beyond
this drab town where her only option is to marry and have children.
When a wealthy American writer arrives with his wife and
brother-in-law, Viridiana jumps at the offer of a job as his
assistant, and she's soon entangled in the glamorous foreigners'
lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from her
humdrum life. When one of them dies, eager to protect her new
friends, Viridiana lies - but soon enough, someone's asking
questions. It's not long before Viridiana has some of her own
questions about the identities of her new acquaintances. Sharks may
be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour
a naïve young woman unwittingly entangled in a web of deceit.
A breathtaking blend of Mexican horror movies and dark occultism
from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Montserrat has
always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's
left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico
City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend Tristán, a
charming if faded soap opera star, even though she's been in love
with him since childhood. 'Gripping and unusual' - Guardian Then
Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director
Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change
their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic
into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer
fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta
swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed. Now the
director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the
missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices
a dark presence following her. As they work together to unravel the
mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their
city, Montserrat and Tristán might just find out that sorcerers
and magic are not only the stuff of movies . . . "Perfection" -
Kiersten White, bestselling author of Hide
Spanning a variety of genres--fantasy, science fiction, horror--and
time periods, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's exceptional debut collection
features short stories infused with Mexican folklore yet firmly
rooted in a reality that transforms as the fantastic erodes the
rational. This speculative fiction compilation, lyrical and tender,
quirky and cutting, weaves the fantastic and the horrific alongside
the touchingly human. Perplexing and absorbing, the stories lift
the veil of reality to expose the realms of what lies beyond with
creatures that shed their skin and roam the night, vampires in
Mexico City that struggle with disenchantment, an apocalypse with
giant penguins, legends of magic scorpions, and tales of a ceiba
tree surrounded by human skulls.
Mexico City, 1988. Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said "I love
you" with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, discovers how to
cast spells using music, and with her friends Sebastian and Daniela
will piece together their broken families, and even find love...
Two decades after abandoning the metropolis, Meche returns for her
estranged father's funeral, reviving memories from her childhood
she thought she buried a long time ago. What really happened back
then? Is there any magic left?
A breathtaking blend of Mexican horror movies and dark occultism
from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Montserrat has
always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's
left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico
City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend Tristán, a
charming if faded soap opera star, even though she's been in love
with him since childhood. 'Gripping and unusual' - Guardian Then
Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director
Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change
their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic
into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer
fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta
swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed. Now the
director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the
missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices
a dark presence following her. As they work together to unravel the
mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their
city, Montserrat and Tristán might just find out that sorcerers
and magic are not only the stuff of movies . . . "Perfection" -
Kiersten White, bestselling author of Hide
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and
Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of
Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century
Mexico. 'ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022' - She Reads
'The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder,
restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the
polarities of storytelling' - New York Times Carlota Moreau: A
young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe
from the conflict and strife of the Yucatan peninsula, the only
daughter of a genius - or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A
melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for
alcohol, an outcast who assists Dr Moreau with his scientific
experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of
magnificent haciendas with plentiful coffers. The hybrids: The
fruits of the Doctor's labour, destined to blindly obey their
creator while they remain in the shadows, are a motley group of
part-human, part-animal monstrosities. All of them are living in a
perfectly balanced and static world which is jolted by the abrupt
arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor
Moreau's patron - who will, unwittingly, begin a dangerous
chain-reaction. For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions,
and in the sweltering heat of the jungle passions may ignite.
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Fungi (Hardcover, New)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Orrin Grey
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R702
Discovery Miles 7 020
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SPECIAL EDITION HARDCOVER: Contains three stories and 10
illustrations not included in paperback or e-book edition. A
collection of fungal wonders...and terrors. In this new anthology,
writers reach into the rich territory first explored by William
Hope Hodgson a century ago: the land of the fungi. Stories range
from noir to dark fantasy, from steampunk to body horror. Join
authors such as Jeff VanderMeer, Laird Barron, Nick Mamatas, W.H.
Pugmire, Lavie Tidhar, Ann K.Schwader, Jesse Bullington, Molly
Tanzer and Simon Strantzas through a dizzying journey of fungal
tales. Feast upon Fungi
Winner of the 2020 Locus, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Ignyte,
and Brave New Words Awards. "There's nothing new under the sun, but
there are new suns," proclaimed Octavia E. Butler. New Suns:
Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging
and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with
shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange.
Between this book's covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy,
horror, and their indefinable overlappings. These are authors aware
of our many possible pasts and futures, authors freed of
stereotypes and cliches, ready to dazzle you with their daring
genius. Unexpected brilliance shines forth from every page.
Includes stories by Kathleen Alcala, Minsoo Kang, Anil Menon,
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Alex Jennings, Alberto Yanez, Steven Barnes,
Jaymee Goh, Karin Lowachee, E. Lily Yu, Andrea Hairston, Tobias
Buckell, Hiromi Goto, Rebecca Roanhorse, Indrapramit Das, Chinelo
Onwualu and Darcie Little Badger.
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Dracula (Paperback)
Bram Stoker; Introduction by Alexander Chee; Illustrated by Kaitlin Chan; Introduction by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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R438
Discovery Miles 4 380
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and
Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of
Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century
Mexico. 'The deeply atmospheric novel blends horror, science
fiction, and historical events' Time, 100 'Must Read Books of 2022'
Carlota Moreau: growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe
from the conflict and strife of the Yucatan peninsula, she is the
only daughter of an eccentric, and dangerous, genius. His
experiments, a motley group of hybrid monstrosities, are blindly
loyal to their creator. Into Carlota's strange but perfectly
balanced world comes Eduardo Lizalde, the charming, careless son of
Doctor Moreau's patrons. In the sweltering heat of the jungle,
amidst her father's secrets and her own awakening feelings, Carlota
will begin asking questions that could ignite a conflagration.
______________________ 'Genius . . . combine[s] contemporary
political awareness with the appeal of a creepy gothic romance' -
Guardian 'An evocative slow-burn SF drama about colonialism,
heredity and scientific hubris, couched in lush prose' - Financial
Times 'The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of
wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre,
embracing the polarities of storytelling' - New York Times 'Paints
a vivid picture that is as alluring as it is unsettling, filled
with action, romance, and monsters' Booklist
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