Passion. Horror. Betrayal.
From the nationally bestselling author of the Lily Wong thriller series comes a “stunningly original” (F. Paul Wilson) dark journey into Brazilian mysticism about a desperate mother who rises from the slums to embrace Quimbanda magic amid her quest for the ultimate revenge.
Across forty years, three continents, and a past incident in 1560 France, Serafina Olegario tests the boundaries of love, power, and corruption as she fights to escape her life of poverty and abuse. Serafina’s quest begins in Brazil when she’s possessed by the warrior goddess Yansã, who emboldens her to fight yet threatens to consume her spirit. Fueled by power and enticed by Exú, an immortal trickster and intermediary to the gods, Serafina turns to the seductive magic of Quimbanda. It’s dangerous to dance in the fire. But when you come from nothing, you have nothing to lose.
A sorcerer on a cliff cuts into his own hand, summoning members of the ancient cult that destroyed his family... A maid hunts her former employer with a sword, attempting to win a revenge that could save us all... A doomed man rides a train to his dead father's home to unravel a terrible secret... A strange box arrives at your door, containing something so bizarre that... well, you'll have to dig into Weird Tales #363 to see. Weird Tales continues a 95-year commitment to dark fantasy with this collection of new short fiction from masters of the craft: "Up from Slavery" by Victor LaValle "By Post" by Josh Malerman "I.O.U." by Sherrilyn Kenyon "Payday" by Hank Schwaeble "A Housekeeper's Revenge" by Lisa Morton "The Shadows beneath the Stone" by Jonathan Maberry With poems and flash by Stephanie M. Wytovich, Jeff Wong, Tori Eldridge, and Marc Bilgrey! A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.
