Gabino Iglesias’s House of Bone and Rain follows a group of young men seeking vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered in a Puerto Rico slum. In Johnny Compton’s Devils Kill Devils, Sarita has been watched over by a “guardian angel” her entire life, who turns out to be a vampire god. Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.’s Sacred Folks has disciples, demons, gods, and gangs telling unforgettable tales across time. These novels and fantastical tales ask who is truly evil – the monsters or the humans? A perfect session for a horror lover.
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Johnny Compton is the author of the Bram Stoker Award–honored The Spite House. His short stories have appeared in PseudoPod, Strange Horizons, The NoSleep Podcast, and many other outlets. He is a Horror Writers Association member and creator and host of the podcast Healthy Fears. His latest novel is Devils Kill Devils.
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Gabino Iglesias is the author of the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning novel, The Devil Takes You Home, as well as author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning novels Zero Saints and Coyote Songs. He is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin, Texas. He is the horror columnist for the New York Times Book Review. His latest novel is House of Bone and Rain.
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Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. is the Tilikum Professor of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University. He is the author of the Chicago-set story collections Sacred Smokes and Sacred City; a Southern Gothic novella, Pour One for the Devil; the editor of The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones; and the co-editor of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, which was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. His work has appeared in Southwest Review, The Rumpus, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, Apex Magazine, Indian Country Today, and elsewhere. His debut novel, The El, will be published in 2025, and his third collection of linked stories, Sacred Folks, is out now.
Celso Hurtado is a native San Antonian whose storytelling is deeply rooted in his community. His debut novel, The Ghost Tracks, was praised by NPR and won an International Latino Book Award. He is also a member of the Horror Writers Association. His latest novel is The Devil’s Promise.
