Coming October 6, 2026

BRUJA’S NEST

The Love Witch meets Monstrilio in Bruja’s Nest, where a young woman’s abuse history and ambition erupt into body horror, class war, and monstrous motherhood.

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"Bruja's Nest is a potent and startling literary incantation that invokes the most powerfully complex elements of magic, motherhood, and unflinchingly grotesque body horror. This is an uncompromising and deeply affecting work exquisitely scrawled in blood, fury, and pain."

—Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

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My Essay Featured in Becky Spratford’s Why I Love Horror Blog!!!
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Debut Novel BRUJA’S NEST coming out in 2026!
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Subverting Horror Tropes: The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

Mariana Enriquez employs traditional horror tropes and makes them her own in her short story collection. A true example of “Write what you know.”

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The Haunted House in Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

An analysis of the Haunted House in Rumffit’s majestic book.

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Crystallization in The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

One of the craft aspects I enjoyed the most while reading The Only Good Indians is what Benjamin Percy refers to as crystallization. It comprises the cyclical repetition of an image or an event in a way that it later becomes a symbol in the story reminding the reader of whatever meaning the writer has tethered to it. Creating a sense of dread, tension, and anticipation.

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About

Brenda LaTorre is a Mexico City native, author of BRUJA’S NEST, coming out in 2026 with Creature Publishing. Her stories have found a home in different places such as Pyre Magazine,  BDA Publishing Anthology, the Collective Visions anthology, and more.

She holds an MFA from the University of Southern Maine and a Creative Writing Certificate from UCSD.

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