Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latiné Horror
“Insightful, humane, and original, Something Followed Us Home features the most exciting voices in dark fiction today and is a must read for any weird/lit/horror fan.” —Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie and A Head Full of Ghosts
Dive into the chilling depths of Latiné horror with this groundbreaking anthology, edited by Bram Stoker Award winner Cynthia Pelayo, where each story reimagines immigration, colonization, faith, and folklore as the fears we inherit and carry across borders and generations.
Something followed us home. It crawled in with our prayers, slipped into our beds, watched from mirrors, waited in water, and learned our names.
Gathering chilling work from some of today’s most acclaimed Latiné voices, this horror anthology moves through haunted households, brutal landscapes, sacred spaces turned dangerous, and bodies claimed by forces both ancient and intimate. The dead murmur behind locked doors. Bones rebuild themselves under merciless suns. Love becomes a doorway for demonic hunger. Blood, devotion, and memory intertwine as the past presses back with teeth.
Something Followed Us Home is an unnerving, visceral, and impossible-to-shake collection that proves that what is carried forward does not remain quiet, and what follows us rarely leaves without taking something in return.
Featuring stories by: Agustina Bazterrica, Isabel Cañas, Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Zoraida Córdova, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Mariana Enriquez, Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro, Xochitl Gonzalez, Leopoldo Goût, Ananda Lima, Juan Martinez, Mónica Ojeda, Daniel José Older, Cynthia Pelayo, Lilliam Rivera, Diana Rodriguez Wallach, Alex Segura
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Community Reviews
Thank you to librofm for the advanced listening copy. I was super excited to read this anthology of horror stories as it has stories from a lot of the latine horror heavy hitters.
I can't wait to get my book copy of this so that I can actually read it and have it stay with me. On audio sometimes I wasnt sure when one story ended and another started and I'm not the greatest at remembering to take notes on audio.
BLUE FLOWERS: this was a 5 star read for me. I will read anything Agustina Bazterica writes. "The person in the mirror is not really you. Its someone else. It wants to take your life. You should be afraid."
THE HAND THAT FEEDS: this was kind of forgettable for me.
HER FIRST CRUISE SHIP: this was horror light if you will.
MY BOYFRIEND: not so serious about a a boyfriend possessed by a demon.
THE IMMACULATE REBIRTH OF NICKI DURAN: I was excited where this story was going until it ended.
GUARDIAN ANGEL: this was kind of crazy but expected having read Mariana Enriquez's short stories. Good horror story
THE RETURN OF LA MUELONA: a girl trying to change her fate becomes a witch. Thats my take anyway.
POMELO: what a strange story. Might have been a bit too long.
LUZ Y FER: while this story wasnt exactly scary.... I was listening to it at night. When I felt and heard a man's voice say something outside my headphones. I thought my husband had come out to say something but he was fast asleep. Put my headphone back on and I felt like I heard something. Color me freaked out.
SPECTER: tech/academia horror. Not really my jam.
MECHANICAL SERVANTS LLC: this just wasnt the story for me. I was bored.
THE WORLD FROM ABOVE AND THE WORLD FROM DOWN BELOW- i think Monica Ojedas writing just isnt for me.
THE ROOFTOP REVOLUTION OF SELLY AVILES- a ghost? A real or imagined dragon. i honestly dont even know what was happening during or at the end of this but i enjoyed the narrators story telling.
EL JIBARO DE PUERTO RICO: I enjoyed this ghost story. Predictable but I liked it.
WHISPERS FROM THE ROOT: honestly, I dont remember what this one was about now. I should have taken notes.
FIDELITY: this was interesting. I knew where it was going but wasnt sure how it was going to introduce the horror. I guess another demon story?
WE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER: revenge story of latine vampires/demons. Yes please.
I love horror anthologies. This is the eighth one I've read so far this year. Unfortunately, it's also my least favorite. Although some of these short stories contain elements of horror, the majority of them would best be categorized as dark fantasy mixed with magical realism. If that speaks to you, I think you will enjoy "Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latine Horror.”
Thanks to Atria Books and NetGalley for the complementary DRC. All opinions are my own.
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