SAY IT OUT LOUD: VAMPIRE

11:15 am - 12:15 pm
| Location of Session: Library Auditorium
Adult Sessions

Start of Signing: 12:30 PM
| Signing Location: Adult Signing Tent

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About the Event

Two authors put refreshing spins on vampire stories! Maria the Wanted by V. Castro follows the Mexican newly turned vampire Maria, who isn’t just out for blood: she wants answers. Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond reimagines the vampire origin story in the early days of American slavery and blends alternate history and supernatural horror. This session will ask who the real monsters are—and is a must-attend for horror lovers.

About the Authors

Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Author

V. Castro

V. Castro is a two-time Bram Stoker Award–nominated, Mexican American writer from San Antonio, Texas, now residing in the United Kingdom. She writes horror, erotic horror, romance, and science fiction. Her books include The Haunting of Alejandra, Immortal Pleasures, Aliens: Vasquez (film tie-in), Mestiza Blood, The Queen of the Cicadas, Rebel Moon, The Pink Agave Motel, and Goddess of Filth.

Her new novel is Maria the Wanted, and she edited the anthology Latin American Shared Stories.

Photo Credit: Isis Heuser

Markus Redmond

Markus Redmond is an actor, director, screenwriter, and author. Known for his roles in Doogie Howser, M.D., NYPD Blue, Murder One, Mad About You, Angel, and Fight Club, he wrote and starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Sharon Stone in the indie film If I Had Known I Was a Genius. He wrote, directed, and starred in the Amazon Prime thriller The 6th Degree and has multiple screenplays in development. He lives in Los Angeles, and Blood Slaves is his first novel.

Moderator

Richard Santos

Richard Z. Santos’s debut novel, Trust Me, was a finalist for the Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards and was named one of the best debuts of the year by CrimeReads. He’s the editor of the anthology A Night of Screams: Latino Horror Stories. His fiction has been nominated for the International Thriller Writers Awards and has been cited as a notable story in Best American Mystery and Suspense. His stories, nonfiction, and essays have appeared in Texas Monthly, Slate, The Rumpus, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Oxford American, riverSedge, Austin Noir, Lone Stars Rising, and more.