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Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of several novels, including Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. She has also edited a number of anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulhu's Daughters). Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination. ...more

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Beautiful again

First things first, The Intrigue has been out for over a month and if you have read and liked this historical noir please, please tell others. I can't express how important word of mouth is.

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	Mexican Gothic 3.66 avg rating — 465,913 ratings — published 2020 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.87 avg rating — 80,818 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bewitching 3.80 avg rating — 47,759 ratings — published 2025 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 3.57 avg rating — 41,738 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silver Nitrate 3.57 avg rating — 32,392 ratings — published 2023 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Velvet Was the Night 3.51 avg rating — 31,673 ratings — published 2021 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beautiful Ones 3.83 avg rating — 25,748 ratings — published 2017 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Certain Dark Things 3.72 avg rating — 20,669 ratings — published 2016 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lover 3.79 avg rating — 16,460 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh Veil of Salome 3.75 avg rating — 13,584 ratings — published 2024 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia wrote a new blog post Beautiful again First things first, The Intrigue has been out for over a month and if you have read and liked this historical noir please, please tell others. I can't Read more of this blog post »
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What genre is this? Noir/historical/drama. This is not horror. There are no fantastical elements. Please do not tag it as horror/gothic or anything similar. Are there any fantastical elements? Nope. See above. What is this about? It's 1943 in Mexico ...more
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I picked up a copy of Fabio Morábito's collection The Shadow of the Mammoth, translated from the Spanish by Curtis Bauer. Morábito, who was born in Egypt to Italian parents but relocated to Mexico as a teenager, is a precise writer who tends towards ...more
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UPDATE Is there a playlist? Yes. One of the timelines is set in 1998 and thus it's mostly composed of alternative music from this decade. Enjoy: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4IS... What genre is this? Horror/suspense What is this about? A graduate ...more
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“Words are seeds, Casiopea. With words you embroider narratives, and the narratives breed myths, and there's power in the myth. Yes, the things you name have power.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

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“A woman who is not liked is a bitch, and a bitch can hardly do anything: all avenues are closed to her.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

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“Books, moonlight, melodrama.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

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