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The nightmare box and other stories

Call Number

  • FICTION GOME (CEN)

Publication Information

[Nebraska?] : Cursed Morsels Press, [2024]

Physical Description

242 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

"Cynthia Gómez's debut collection features the lives of ordinary people with supernatural powers, and explores the ways that they fight oppression, as well as more personal troubles such as loneliness and dread. Her work centers Latine, queer, and working-class people in Oakland, California--the author's hometown." --

Contents

  • Lips like sugar
  • gA Kiss to build a dream on
  • The Nightmare box
  • Will they disappear
  • The Road out of nowhere
  • Huitzol and the rope of thorns
  • The Teachers' association
  • The Weight of it
  • Red brick
  • Someone else's to destroy
  • The Unburied
  • Hot and cold.