Love Shouldn't Hurt.Scarlett is a witch. Her spell casting takes the form of music for those seeking help in love. However, she is asked for a playlist that isn't to bring in love or make it stay. It's to kill it off for good.She must make the decision to delve into the darkest magic of her life or walk away from a woman in grave danger.

“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 year out of high school.”One hot summer night, best friends Lourdes, Fernanda, Ana, Perla, and Pauline hold a séance. It’s all fun and games at first, but their tipsy laughter turns to terror when the flames burn straight throug...

When there is no Plan B.Maite and Angelica travel across Mexico to fairs with their small spiritual and art business. To attract more buyers, Maite wears a nun costume designed to replicate the demon Valak from the films. One video goes viral. But it's not enough. As business becomes more difficult they want to make enough to open their own shop. Their dream. They decide a one time side hustle can be exactly what they need. Nothing goes as planned and their only hope is Valak....

This is the reprint of HAIRSPRAY AND SWITCHBLADES with expanded content from V. Castro including a new story and her real account of how she entered the world of exotic dancing.When Maya and Magdalena lose their parents to a home invasion, Magdalena puts her dreams on hold and turns to exotic dancing. Cash is what the sisters need to stay together and keep Maya in an elite catholic high school that has set her on the path for an athletic and academic college scholarship.These siste...

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. She wants a miracle.Fate steps in and the lead singer of Blood Moon, Mars Rhodes, happens to be staying at her hotel. She would do anything to get a demo tape into his hands. She wants just a moment from him, but he wants much more fro...

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this “utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood” (Library Journal, starred review).“Castro is one of the most exciting genre authors on the scene right now, and this might be her most powerful book yet.”—PasteA POPSUGAR...

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 gluttony. There's something for all tastes here, though you might think twice before ordering dessert...With all-new fiction from:Tiffany Michelle BrownV CastroBelinda FergusonDougla...

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 fantastical portrait of one of history’s most fascinating (and perhaps most misunderstood) figures.”—Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last SpokeHundreds...

Nola has been single for years as she has put her success over love, but this Las Posadas she 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 meetings at Puzzle Club. At the start of Las Posadas, and her turn to host Puzzle Club, Nola has an unexpected guest in her new home.Pozole and...

British Fantasy and Bram Stoker-nominated author Gemma Amor brings together a unique line-up of 13 authors to explore heritage and horror, featuring stories from Gabino Iglesias, Erika T. Wurth and many moreIt’s a bedtime story, ancient family lore, a secret passed down from generation to generation. Stories that have deep dark roots, ever-growing, ever-creeping.This anthology explores stories of heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumour...

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 Slaughter Creek.Tula adores Halloween, but Dia de Los Muertos is the night she loves. Every year, she leaves Slaughter Creek and celebrates on her own in a different location.Despite the forecast set for rain after a week of stor...

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 avampire, however, he was so much more. And so were his ancestors.The tale begins in colonial Spain when Valeria first encounters the dark Lord. Theirwhirlwind romance takes them to his home in Eastern Europe until fate sends her toa distant planet.Centuries pass until the year 2100 when a ...