I’m am happy and humbled to announce that I have been elected to the Texas Institute of Letters along with a record 14 other great writers. As the press release points out, the Texas Institute of Letters is “a distinguished honor society founded in 1936 to celebrate Texas literature and recognize…
Publishers Weekly broke the news yesterday: “Stacy Whitman of Tu Books has acquired world rights for CLOCKWORK CURANDERA, a YA steampunk graphic novel reimagining of FRANKENSTEIN set in an alternate colonial Mexico, by Pura Belpré Honor recipient David Bowles and illustrated by Pura Belpré winner Raúl the Third. Publication is set…
The hosts of the This Is Horror Podcast recently interviewed me for nearly three hours. Part 1 of that appearance is now available, so give it a listen!
We’re now just days from the release of Chupacabra Vengeance, so I wanted to show you the full wrap-around cover in all its glory. Here’s the text from the back cover: Cholos and alien hordes. Undead luchadores. Children trapped in animal form. Legless Vampires. Aztec merchant spies. A deadly ancient…
As part of the linguistic resistance, my Anti-Trump Nahuatl glossary is now up at The Jewish Mexican Literary Review. http://www.thejmlr.com/nahuatltrump/
In the latest edition of Mithila Review, I am featured as part of a panel of Latino writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror (which also includes Carlos Hernandez, Ernest Hogan, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and William Alexander). Give our discussion a read and then check out the rest of…
11 Sci-Fi Classics 7/8/16: The Handmaid’s Tale 6/3/16: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 4/8/16: Kindred 3/25/16: High Aztech 3/11/16: Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 2/26/16: Frankenstein 2/12/16: Dune 2/5/16: 1984 1/29/16: Ender’s Game 1/22/16: The Left Hand of Darkness Other reviews 2/19/16: Mariachi Ekphrasis 3/18/16: Japanese Ghost…
Shane Douglas Keene reviewed my Mexican kaiju novel for Hellnotes! Here’s part of what he had to say: Lords of the Earth is a breath-taking, pulse-pounding story with a high body count and an intensely human element that’s perfect for a lazy rainy day next to the heater or fireplace,…
I read the original Spanish version of Tamara Romero’s story “Esmeralda” for Strange Horizons. Podcast: Esmeralda (Spanish)
My fantasy story “Ephemera” is up at Swords and Sorcery. Set in an alternate 16th century where the Aztec Empire has conquered Japan and where poetry written with certain materials can unleash magic, the tale showcases a public contest between two great bards: Princess Macuilxochitzin and the monk Sogi.
