Isabel Allende and Sandra Cisneros were both writers I looked up to. Growing up, it was slim pickings, to say the least, when it came to Latina voices. You are very conscious of “paying it forward” to other writers and lending your voice to help them be successful, but I want to ask-who are your influences, as a reader, and as a writer who is a woman of color? One the threads in all your work is amplifying the voice of women, and in particular marginalized voices. I’m very fortunate for all of it to come to fruition! This is my short story collection based on growing up in Texas, being a Chicana, and local urban legends.
In November, Mestiza Blood will be released with Flame Tree Press. I released Goddess of Filth on March 30, 2021, and The Queen of the Cicadas will be out on June 21. This is an all-Latinx short story collection of horror. I co-edited Latinx Screams with Cina Pelayo. It’s spicy and fun!Īfter that I had seven short stories included in various anthologies. At the very beginning of the pandemic, I released Sed de Sangre, a very short collection of erotic horror.
Writing is what I love, it has been my salvation. It has been a truly amazing year professionally, despite the struggles associated with the pandemic. Can you get our library readers up to speed on your numerous projects over the last year? Just in the last 12 months you’ve released a critically acclaimed novella and multiple short stories, and been involved with getting a few collections out into the world. She is the author of Goddess of Filth and The Queen of the Cicadas, and the co-founder of a website dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices in dark fiction.Ĭastro talks with LJ about her path to publication and explains how her own history is at the root of the success of her horror novels.ĭespite The Queen of the Cicadas being your debut novel, your name is not new to horror fans. Castro is a Mexican American horror writer from Texas, now living in the UK.
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