Muñeca

"A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. It is 1968 Oakland, and Natalia Fuentes has been hearing rumors about the beautiful Violeta Miramontes. The young heiress to Sp...

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Main Author: Gómez, Cynthia (Fiction writer) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2026]
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Summary:"A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. It is 1968 Oakland, and Natalia Fuentes has been hearing rumors about the beautiful Violeta Miramontes. The young heiress to Spanish colonial wealth has been left paralyzed by a mysterious illness. But Nati knows a thing or two about witchcraft, and she is certain that this is the work of dark magic. Armed with a plan to break the spell and earn a handsome reward, Nati works her way into the house as Violeta's caretaker, and immediately discovers her suspicions are true. But who cursed Violeta? And why? As feelings between the two women bloom into romance, Nati grows more and more reckless, and is forced to face her own ghosts - ones she hoped would stay gone forever. Riveting and richly layered, Muñeca explores how far one will go to save the person they love - even if that means damning themselves."-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:166 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9798217047574
Author Notes:Cynthia Gómez is the author of the story collection The Nightmare Box and Other Stories , and a Tin House and VONA alumn whose short fiction has published in Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, Nightmare Magazine , and numerous anthologies. She lives in Oakland.