The Pink Agave Motel
& Other Stories
by V. Castro
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Pub Date Feb 11 2025 | Archive Date Oct 31 2024
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Description
Two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, V. Castro dims the lights in a collection where you might devour your next lover or meet your next meal.
Readers are invited to The Pink Agave Motel,where brutality and intimacy ooze across the pages, exploring the depths of the unhinged imagination and how human desire unlocks the impulse to bite. Castro’s voice, influenced by Mexican folklore and a feminist perspective, illuminates a deeper view of how unrequited love affects every type of being alike.
The titular story focuses on Valentina, the proclaimed leader of a creature cohort, who manages hotel guests, until she is enlightened to a carnivorous death on the property. To avoid exposure that threatens her existence, she partners with (the hauntingly handsome) grieving friend of the dearly departed to solve the murder. Further within these tales, discover a woman who is a fish out of water drinking at a seaside honky tonk, the trapped guests who undergo sexual liberation, and aliens who find the sexiest of disguises.
These short stories evoke an alluring voice, sure to make the reader shiver in arousal and horror, never quite knowing what could happen next. Castro pushes past the limits of gothic terror and fantasy to carve a dangerous path of lust and violence, all throughout the reader’s charming stay at The Pink Agave Motel.
Advance Praise
Previous Praise for V. Castro
“Castro is one of the most exciting genre authors on the scene right now, and this might be her most powerful book yet.” —Paste
“The provocative novel is haunting and packed with dark secrets.” —Today
“Creepy yet insightful.” —Culturess
“Speaking of Goddesses, Castro is the goddess of Indigenous Mexican horror.” —Literary Hub
“[A] ravishing and provocative literary horror novel about motherhood, family legacy, and self-discovery.” —Jump Scares
Marketing Plan
- Readings with other CLASH horror authors in New York
- Author promotions at festivals such as Stokercon and The Brooklyn Book Festival
- Outreach and promotion of ARCS to reviewers, retailers, and bookstagrammers
- Author available for virtual events
- Social media promotion on CLASH Books
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781960988300 |
PRICE | $18.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 244 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Fantastic collection of stories and a novella by one of the best horror writers working today. The stories are short and feature a wide variety of classic horror monsters and themes given an erotic twist with great endings, especially the mummy story Shrouded and the apocalyptic vampire story that starts the collection Carnival of Gore. The titular novel is a fascinating vampire story that spans decades and includes some of the most horrific imagery I’ve read n in a vampire story. I loved it!
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