YA-TE-VEO
“Ancient peoples knew the lands are given over to shadow and spirit. Their stories are maps revealing the topography and contours of landscapes unimaginable and dark.”
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“A host of sublime writers and settings create an entertainingly macabre collection.”
Follow the river as the sun rises, paddle past the pod of boto dolphins twisting under the dark water like floating ghosts, and past the roving band of red fur monkeys who hang upside down from the trees. Soon in the dense canopy of foliage, the call of the white-throated toucan cuts through: eo-wan-wan. There beyond the shade of trees is where we live, in huts of dried shapaja palms like giant shaggy bush dogs lying in rest on the jungle floor.
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Anastasia Garcia’s short story, YA-TE-VEO, appears in Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas from Hex Publishers and in an episode of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast.
As Seen in
“This Month in New Horror Books: November 2021” | Tor Nightfire “November New Releases” | Ladies of Horror Fiction
“Book Life: Editor’s Pick” | Book Life Reviews by Publishers Weekly
Kirkus Book Reviews
Featuring an original illustration from Aaron Lovett.
