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M.M. Olivas is an alumna of the 2022 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop and the 2023 Under the Volcano Writers Residency. Her short fiction has appeared in several publications, including Uncanny Magazine, Weird Horror Magazine, Apex, and Bourbon Penn. As a trans, first-generation Chicana, she explores the intersection of queer and diasporic experiences in her fiction. She currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, earning her MFA in Creative Writing at San Jose State University and collecting transforming robots. More information about Olivas and her fiction can be found at olivasthewriter.wtf.
“An immersive supernatural horror novel that pulls from Mesoamerican myth and puts queer and diasporic experiences front and center.”—Shelf Awareness “Sundown in San Ojuela confronts the sense of futility that comes with trying to end a generations-long, deeply embedded cycle of abuse.”—Independent Book Review (starred) “A strange, haunting, brutal study of the intersection between heritage and identity.”—Charlie Marks, Bookseller at Fountain Bookstore ""A ferocious debut, heartbreaking and visceral.”—The Rumpus “A wild ride of brujas and old Aztec gods, chupacabras and haunted houses.”—SFWA Grand Master Nalo Hopkinson “If you read one horror book this year, let it be this one.”—Nell Gehrke, Bookseller at Country Bookshelf
