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Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico's gritty underbelly, as told by women
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Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico's gritty underbelly, as told by women

De La Verda’s stories scrutinise Mexican society with great humour and grit
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror
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A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror

Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction
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Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction

The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity
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The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past
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How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past

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This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor review: Tragic happenings become urban legend
This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes) is out now (Fitzcarraldo, £12.99)
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This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor review: Tragic happenings become urban legend

19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories
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19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories

Human Sacrifices review: As brutal as the name implies
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Human Sacrifices review: As brutal as the name implies

Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres
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Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
A face and a hand obscured by a curtain
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Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages