Bryan Stubbles asked Manuel Arenas:

How does Phoenix influence your writing?

Manuel Arenas Although many of my tales take place in the usual Gothic haunts of the Old Word or even New England, since I have lived here so long now I do try to incorporate the local landscape and culture into some of my stories. I actually created a fictional town called Helldorado that I set some of my tales in, which is supposed to be somewhere around Sedona. I have an unpublished story called "The Burning Ember Mission of Helldorado" that even includes some Arizona history and much of the dialog is in a mixture of Spanish and English.

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