Los peligros de fumar en la cama/ Dangers of Smoking in Bed

from Dreesie

3.5 stars My second book in a row of short stories that are largely horror. And both are WIT titles. So random. Argentina. All of these stories are unsettling. Ghosts (often of children) and/or magic/curses are in most of the stories. Enriquez's ghosts are creepy. They want things. My two fav...

from browner56

A girl accidentally unearths the bones of a dead relative and is haunted by the encounter throughout her life. Three young women plot to destroy an older friend in a jealous fit using supernatural forces. The putrid scent of abused and abandoned children overwhelms the residents who live in that ...

from RidgewayGirl

So this was a wonderful surprise. I've liked the translator, Megan McDowell's choices of books to translate in the past and when this one showed up on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize, I thought it looked interesting enough, and boy, was it. This is a collection of horror short st...

from boredgames

i didn't love the first half but enjoyed the second half more, particularly "no birthdays or baptisms" and "kids who come back" as a highlight- creepypasta meets cute horror.

from alanteder

Disturbing Shorts Review of the Hogarth Press hardcover edition (2021) translated from the Spanish language original "Los peligros de fumar en la cama" (2009) When I say "disturbing", I mean more along the lines of repulsive, icky and gross, rather than haunting, mystifying and mesmerizing. I ha...