For Sale: A Haunting Collection
Added 2025-10-20 14:05:27 +0000 UTCHello Podsiders.
Given that I'm not getting a paycheck at the moment due to the the government shutdown happening in the US, I put together a collection of my short fiction to have some money coming in over in the interim. It's available to download in epub or PDF formats at Itch.io.
Inside are stories that have appeared in Strange Horizons, Uncanny, and khōréō magazine as well as a few new ones that haven't seen print before (see the Table of Contents listed below).
Thanks for reading; much appreciated if you pick up a copy or simply share the link above!
Karlo
Table of Contents
"Ojos Golositos" - If your sugar was haunted, would you want one lump? Or two?
"All Good Children Come Out to Play" - After her twin brother dies, Marta learns that some childhood games endure beyond death.
"How Juan Bobo Got to los Nueba Yores" - Once upon a time, Juan (who some called Bobo) arrived in New York City. . .
"Up In the Hills, She Dreams of Her Daughter Deep In the Ground" - Gloria's vivid and peculiar dreams of a girl buried under a pepper plant only intensify after she is forcibly sterilized.
"A Shadow Cast Upon Deeper Dark" - New to this collection! Manny is out after curfew, worried about an old family curse when misfortune catches up to him.
"This Is Not My Adventure" - Kevin's doing his best, putting his late mother's affairs in order until he recognizes the wardrobe that led him on so many youthful adventures
"Got Your Nose" - After returning from a long deployment, Luis learns that his little girl takes kid's games deadly serious.
"The First Day of the Rest of Your Night" - New to this collection! An unnamed protagonist helps his stranded sister on Christmas Eve, just like he does every Christmas Eve. . .
"Vanishing" - An immigrant woman struggles to find where her adoptive daughter's gone or been taken
