“It’s not every writer who can manage to be funny, terrifying, philosophical, metaphysical, and scientific at the same time, but narrative genre-blending is Carlos Hernandez’s stock in trade. I start reading each story wondering what he’s going to come up with next, and finish it having learned something about humanity and faith and also giant pandas or ghost jellyfish. A remarkable collection.”
—Delia Sherman, author of Young Woman in a Garden

“Hernandez’s The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria is fantastic and sincere, seamlessly blending science, magic and love. Whether rescuing trickster jellyfish frozen on Mount Everest, or reattaching legs to a lover’s husband via superportation, Hernandez cuts to the human heart of each story and wraps an ebo around his readers.”
—Eden Robinson

“In his debut collection, Carlos Hernandez explores the ways in which we conform our identities to fit into worlds that would otherwise break us. But all of his characters strive to reclaim the parts of themselves that could easily be thought of as lost. Funny, smart, and fierce, these stories are a breath of fresh air in a tightly constricted world.”
—Christopher Barzak, author of Wonders of the Invisible World

“These delightful stories from Carlos Hernandez dance with a light step and a knowing wink, and yet that effervescent surface wraps jaw-dropping twists and mind-bending concepts within its boundaries. Science fiction and magical realism freely fraternize, quantum fluctuation and ritual incantations just two aspects of the same great mystery. In these intimate stories of families rent apart and repaired, that mystery is just as likely to be encountered in a humble kitchen or a lover’s bed as it is in outer space or the deepest trenches of the ocean. Each story is a shimmering pond that once dived in proves bottomless. The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria is a remarkable debut, an intoxicating breath of fresh air.”
—Mike Allen, editor of Clockwork Phoenix, author of Unseaming, Nebula and Shirley Jackson Award finalist

“The Assimilated Guide to Quantum SanterÍa is fiercely smart and entertaining; a polished collection of stories by one of speculative fiction’s most distinctive and original voices.
“Hernandez’s science fantasy transfixes as it explores technological paradoxes and inhuman intelligences in compellingly human (and humane) ways. And the Latino urban (and suburban) fantasy pieces sprinkled into the collection are like the best dark añejo rum: warm, smoky, exquisitely sharp and sweet.
“Hernandez’s stories go down smooth and easy, and finish with a kick.”
—Sabrina Vourvoulias, author of Ink

“Carlos Hernandez treats science, culture, and genre with a bracing irreverence. The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria is a zany, kaleidoscopic whirl of a book that delivers both tantalizing “what ifs” and moments of true pathos.”
—Sofia Samatar, author of A Stranger in Olondria