Lotera

(Paperback)

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Award-winning author Cynthia "Cina" Pelayo's acclaimed short story collection Lotera, now with added illustrations and new bonus stories...as well as an exclusive preview for her upcoming sequel to CHILDREN OF CHICAGO, THE SHOEMAKER'S MAGICIAN (out this Spring).

The Mexican board game of Lotera is a game of chancesimilar to bingo. However, in Lotera instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images.
There are 54 cards in the Lotera game, and for this short story collection you will find one unique story per card based on a Latin American myth, folklore, superstition, or beliefwith a slant towards the paranormal and horrific. In this deck of cards you will find murderers, ghosts, goblins and ghouls. This collection features creatures and monsters, vampires, werewolves and more.
Many of these legends existed long before their European counterpartspassed throughout the Americas via word of mouth, collected just like the tales the Brothers Grimm. These are indeed fairy talesLatin American fairy talesbut with a horrifying slant.

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Incredible praise for LOTERIA

"Horror fans will enjoy 54 original stories full of murderers, monsters, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures, reminiscent of the Brothers Grimm and Horacio Quiroga. Booklist

"Pelayo steeps her tales in Latin American culture and legends...with such an expansive selection to choose from, fans of speculative fiction are certain to find something to enjoy."Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Cynthia Cina Pelayo is a two-time International Latino Book award winner as well as a two-time Bram Stoker Award and Elgin Award nominated poet. She is the author of CHILDREN OF CHICAGO, Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, and Into The Forest And All The Way Through. She is a Doctoral Candidate in Business Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Cina was raised in inner city Chicago, where she lives with her husband and children. Find her online at www.cinapelayo.com and on Twitter @cinapelayo.