#HorrorForLibraries #42: StokerCon Librarians' Day Featured Author V. Castro

It's #HorrorForLibraries Giveaway day, but it is also a special mini-series within the larger giveaway series. From now until May 21st, I will be giving away books by authors who are appearing at StokerCon Librarians' Day. Plus I have a special multi-book giveaway set for LIVE during Librarians' Day [courtesy of Nightfire]. So you are going to want to enter now.

Click here for all of the details about this event. It is only $75 and you get to go to the entire StokerCon for that price, not just Librarians' Day.

Details on this week's giveaway below but first...

Here is a refresher on the basic rules to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that  week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here to see giveaway #41. Our winner was Nathalie from Hardin County [KY] Public Library.

This week I am featuring an author who is on the precipice of breaking out in a huge way, V. Castro. Castro is a Mexican America writer, originally from TX, now residing in the UK. She has a life long fascination with dark fiction, beginning with Mexican folklore and the urban legends of TX. And her books and stories all explore this. 

I gave her novella, Goddess of Filth a STAR review in Booklist in March. And, I was able to include it in the new book in the "Demonic Possession" chapter. But today I have her first novel, The Queen of the Cicadas/La Reina De Las Chicharras , coming in June, to giveaway.

I not only gave this novel a star for the June issue of Library Journal, but Castro was kind enough to do an interview with me for that issue too. I have some notes for that upcoming review here. I will post the review and the interview when they become available.

Three Words That Describe This Book: revenge, unflinching, voice to the voiceless.

By the way, those three words describe everything Castro writes. 

Castro will be appearing on the first panel of the day at Librarians' Day, along with last week's giveaway author, Grady Hendrix and more, to talk about the appeal of the genre. I worked very hard to have a variety of voices on this panel both to make it a worthwhile experience and to kick off the day right. We have multiple writing teachers, authors from across the spectrum of their careers, authors with completely different writing styles, and three separate marginalized view points. You cannot discuss the appeal of an entire genre without probing into the depth of said genre.

Enter for a chance to win this ARC of The Queen of the Cicadas/La Reina De Las Chicharras courtesy of Flame Tree Press. All of this publisher's books are great all library collections and available through your normal ordering sources.

And signup for Librarians' Day if you haven't already. I have 2 more LD themed giveaways planned!