5 Gothic Horror Listens for Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month
As Halloween season dawns, so does our ravenous appetite for dark, hypnotic tales. Even better if those tales are crafted by bestselling authors like Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Isabel Cañas, and stocked to the brim with epic settings and deeply haunted characters. Yes, we’re talking not only about scary stories, but about sagas of the macabre and the gothic. Not to mention that each of these tales is carefully imbued with a sense of history, culture, and place. Take our hand and listen to clips from the audiobooks below…you never know what you may find waiting for you.
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From 1900s Mexico to 1990s Massachusetts, three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Narrated by Gisela Chipe.
Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and read by award-winning narrator Frankie Corzo, Mayra is a mezmerizing debut about friendship, desire, and memory set against the sultry backdrop of Florida’s swamplands.
The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas
When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust in this new novel from bestselling author Isabel Cañas. Read by Carolina Hoyos and Anthony Rey Perez.
Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk
With echoes of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Thirst plays with the boundaries of the Gothic genre while exploring the limits of female agency, all-consuming desire, and the fragile vitality of even the most immortal of creatures. Read by Maria Liatis.
The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton
As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s atmospheric novel. Read by dual narrators Caroline Hewitt and Frankie Corzo.
