“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches…” Is there a single element of horror fiction that Silvia Moreno-Garcia can’t write? She first hit it big when she blended traditional Gothic tropes with post-colonial mushroom horror in Mexican Gothic. She put a unique, multicultural noir spin on vampires in Certain Dark Things. And she mixed her love of old horror films with cults and curses in Silver Nitrate. And that’s not to mention the books of hers I haven’t gotten to yet, like The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, which reimagines the classic sci-fi horror tale by H. G. Wells. This prolific and multi-talented author tackles witches in her latest novel, The Bewitching, which came out last month. Continue reading Review of The Bewitching—Witches of Folklore
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Review of Silver Nitrate—Cursed Films
Don’t play with magic you don’t understand. You’d think this would be common sense by now, but there’s always some skeptic willing to treat mystic rituals like a game—to their own detriment. Montserrat and Tristán learn this lesson the hard way in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s latest horror novel Silver Nitrate, which came out last month. Continue reading Review of Silver Nitrate—Cursed Films
Review of Certain Dark Things—Vampire Noir
Urban noir with vampires? Sign me up! I knew from the moment I finished reading Mexican Gothic that I would need to go devour all of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s previous books. Of course, I had to start with the one with vampires in it. Certain Dark Things was originally published in 2016, but after going out of print for a while it was re-released by Nightfire last year. And good thing it was, since it would be a shame for this fresh take on vampires to pass into obscurity. Continue reading Review of Certain Dark Things—Vampire Noir
Review of Mexican Gothic
Who says the Gothic has to be relegated to creepy old castles in Europe? While American Gothic has been an established subset of the genre since the nineteenth century, in recent years the Gothic has really expanded into a diversity of settings and perspectives. Celebrated Mexican-Canadian author Silvia Moreno-Garcia brings classic Gothic tropes and story structures into the Mexican countryside in the straightforwardly titled Mexican Gothic, which came out earlier this summer. Continue reading Review of Mexican Gothic