Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz
Last but not least, this YA horror anthology of monster scares plucked from Latin American legends and folklore is absolutely stacked. Contributors include Julia Alvarez, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Racquel Marie, Yamile Saied Méndez, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, Claribel A. Ortega, and Lilliam Rivera… and that’s only half the list!
Through tales of vampires, zombies, shape-shifters, and more set across Latin America and the diaspora, this collection explores themes like racism, queerness, gender-based violence, and colorism. These are the stories that kept a lot of us up at night as kids, reimagined by some of the most brilliant YA authors of our time.