PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Valerie Valdes' work has been published in Nightmare Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, and the anthologies She Walks in Shadows, and Time Travel Short Stories. She is a graduate of the Viable Paradise workshop and lives in Miami, Florida with her husband and children.
Eva's personal growth and the found family aboard La Sirena Negra--including the crew's psychic cats--will draw readers in and delight series fans. --Publishers Weekly on Prime Deceptions Featuring memorable Cuban-descended characters, this engaging space opera debut delivers a story that dances between hilarity and seriousness, with all the joy and frustration psychic cats can bring to the mix. --Library Journal (starred review) on Chilling Effect Imagine if Firefly and Mass Effect got together and had a baby, and that baby were delivered by Guillermo del Toro. This book is that baby. !Esto fue un triunfo! --Curtis C. Chen, author of the Locus Award finalist Waypoint Kangaroo, on Chilling Effect Jam-packed with weird aliens, mysterious artifacts, and lovable characters... Eva and her family are Latinx and often include un-italicized Spanish in their dialogue, a rare find in a genre that usually uses whiteness as the default. A tremendous good time and an impressive debut. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Chilling Effect This is a wild and imaginative adventure that captures the importance of one's chosen family. --BookPage on Prime Deceptions
