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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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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 — 473,910 ratings — published 2020 — 91 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 — 81,350 ratings — published 2019 — 35 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 3.79 avg rating — 53,339 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 — 42,133 ratings — published 2022 — 36 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 — 32,884 ratings — published 2023 — 21 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 — 31,931 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 — 26,027 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 — 20,878 ratings — published 2016 — 19 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 — 16,603 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 3.74 avg rating — 13,792 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 has read Sorceress: Novellas by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author)	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
I'm here with your FAQs before publication. What genres is this? It's fantasy with the big F: kingdoms, monsters, magical items. It's inspired by sword and sorcery classics. It's not horror. Please don't tag it horror! If it's fantasy does it means it ...more
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October 2026: This novella is out of print, don't even look for it. BUT Sorceress (2027) collects this novella and two others to form a trilogy. See here: Sorceress: Novellas The Return of the Sorceress is a novella, not a novel. Fair warning. This is ...more
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I'm here with your FAQs before publication. What genres is this? It's fantasy with the big F: kingdoms, monsters, magical items. It's inspired by sword and sorcery classics. It's not horror. Please don't tag it horror! If it's fantasy does it means it ...more
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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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