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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Amazing, of course it was her press! Very excited to check it out

Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Just learned of this Mexican retelling of Dracula, it’s very gay and very horny, full of yearning (very Mexican). I placed a hold at my library immediately. It focuses on the Demeter.

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In which I share the link to such a fun conversation I had with Cristina and Carmen from @espookytales.bsky.social. We started on Muñeca but touched on colonialism, meandered into Dolls (the movie), trans rights, and Chucky, and finished up on queer history. www.espookytales.com/muneca-with-...

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Muñeca with Cynthia Gómez

Carmen and Cristina had the pleasure of talking with Cynthia about her new book Muñeca, available 6/2/26 (WE LOVED THE BOOK). Muñeca is a vivid, surreal Gothic abou…

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It was such a fun conversation, always a pleasure ❤️❤️

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Bay Area folks, Muñeca's is in just over 2 weeks! Friday, 6/13, Pegasus Books, Berkeley. @Tamika Thompson will be discussing; I am *SO* looking forward to her questions. This is likely my only local event until September, so I hope you all can make it :) pegasusbookstore.com/gomez

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Cynthia Gómez: "Muñeca", with Tamika Thompson

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Let’s hope they are held accountable for killing Renee Nicole Good. This is not something that can reformed, it should not exist.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

In 2010, bp/ICE officers beat and tased Anastasio Hernandez to death, there was a group of at least 15. The attack was filmed. Nothing was done, these officers were never held accountable. This is who ice/bp have always been. Since Anastasio, hundreds more have been killed by both.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Also, share your Letterboxd accounts! I wanna see what people are watching 🥰

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Yes I did pick Kung Fu Zombies based on the name and yes, it was completely ridiculous lol

Cover of the movie Kung Fun Zombie, featuring the main character in a fighting pose. The background behind him is blue.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Every time I need a book for podcast research, I check my library and they had one out of two I was looking for! Placed a hold.

Screenshot of the book, The Woman in the Zoot suit. The background is white and in the center, is the cover of the book. It’s sepia colored picture of three women in zoot suit pants, a police officer is standing behind them. The title is at the top, the Woman in the Zoot Suit. The first three letters are in blue and the rest are yellow. At the bottom, the author, Catherine S. Ramirez, is written in blue.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Very unsurprised to read about podcasting’s diversity problem. Of the top 100 podcasts in 2024, 64% were white and 74% men, true crime is where women dominated but of those 90% were white

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Horror people on Letterboxd! I want to follow you, I love seeing what other people are watching. I just joined. #horror boxd.it/gMwxH

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espookycristina’s profile

espookycristina uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 6 films watched.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

We got rid of a bunch of streaming services and started going to our local video rental store once a week. It’s been so fun seeing what the kids pick out! Today one chose Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns and the other chose the Smurfs: the Legend of Smurfy Hollow

DVD cover for Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns. Goosebumps is written in green letters, near the top middle. Behind there are skinny trees with no leaves and an orange background. Theres three pumpkins on the ground, the one in the middle is carved with an evil smile.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I’ve been trying to watch more Mexican horror, well Latine horror as a whole, and why did I not know about Belzebuth before? This was a wild watch. Joaquin Cosío was phenomenal

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Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 05/10/2025

Now streaming on Hoopla🎃 Men Green Room Scream 1-3 Terrifier 1-3 Oddity Sleepy Hollow Mad God Stay Alive In The Mouth Of Madness Summer of 84 VHS Beyond Host (2020) The Dark And The Wicked Train To Busan Arcadian Terrified One Cut Of The Dead Psycho Goreman Noroi: The Curse Under The Skin Clue

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The child chose Monster Night from Scarecrow video and WHO WAS THIS MADE FOR?? This was strange and bad lol

The cover for Monster Night the movie. Monster Night is written in red letters. There is a full moon in the top right corner and the 4 main characters in the middle.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 30/09/2025

OMG! Mychal did it. Anyone who first caught this wonderful human gaining an audience on TikTok knew there was something special happening. What an incredible journey and story. Promoting reading and libraries is so damn important right now, and I can't think of a better ambassador.

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Reading Rainbow Returns With New Host and Celebrity Guest Stars

Reading Rainbow is back after almost 20 years! The beloved children's TV program — which ran for 26 years before wrapping in 2006 — is celebrated for fostering childhood reading and literacy.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Need someone to watch this so I can yap about with said someone

Cristina’s left hand, holding a dvd of the 1980 Mexican horror film La Tia Alejandra. The background is blue and La Tia Alejandra is written in red. Isabela Corona is on the right side of the cover, she plays Tia Alejandra, next to her is Manuel Ojeda, who plays her nephew. Cristina’s thumb is covering Diana Bracho, who plays Manuel Ojeda’s wife. Cristina is holding the dvd in the middle of an aisle, surrounded by dvd movies on each side.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Have you heard the legend of las Casas de Las Canicas in Coahuila, Mexico? #espookytales #hauntedplaces

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Oops, forgot to log in after I had to replace my phone, but I’m back baby!

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The fomo was too strong, I'm watching Sinners tonight after my 12 hour shift

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I've seen people calling for the boycott of products from El Salvador & maybe some of you don't know. There have been mass protests against the president since the start of his regime. Salvadorans have been subject to arbitrary arrests, state violence and mass incarceration for a long time.

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Food Chain Workers Alliance @foodchainworkers.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

“I think pretty much every legislator in Olympia knows him. He’s a serious young man who really wants to fight for justice, and he knows how to express himself and he’s tireless. He is like 24/7 on immigrant rights and farmworker rights.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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ICE arrests WA farmworker activist in Sedro-Woolley

Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez, 25, has organized on behalf of farmworkers' rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I've been reading Defectors for my history podcast's book club and for the first time ever, have been using these sticky notes to annotate

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Susto @sustopodcast.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hey Ghoul Friends! If you followed me over from That Other Place, thank you so much! If you're new here, grab a rosary and some holy water and join the fun! #spooky #scary #creepy #horror #paranormal #supernatural #folklore #lore #myth #legend #ghost #latinamerican #podcast

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Here's the substack with more details on 2025 books we are excited for open.substack.com/pub/espooky/...

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2025 Latinx Books We're Excited About

Mostly horror, but also like horror adjacent!

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

2025 is THE year for Latina horror books and I'm loving it

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Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 03/02/2025

Who dies in a Horror movie- political Who lives- political Who is the main character -political Who is the sidekick- political How are certain characters portrayed - political What you show (and what you hide) - political

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We are donating 20% of patreon funds (for Espooky Tales & our other podcast Historias Unknown) to a different organization every month. This month, it's Al Otro Lado's water drop program. An initiative aimed at saving lives by providing water, seasonal clothing, food & first aid at the border

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Oh one more thing, the book is a love letter to Oakland, CA and that's another reason it holds a special place in my heart ❤️

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

It's sadly more relevant than ever

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I'm specifically writing this because I reread Red Brick today

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Speculative fiction is great because it let's you change how something happened and one of my absolute favorites stories of all time is @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social the Nightmare Box & Other Stories. All the stories were a 5/5 for me, but especially Red Brick with all the increasing deportations.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Yess Storygraph is awesome! The graphics are pretty & guess what, you can find out Latine Horror Book Club books there as a challenge!

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The visionary David Lynch is gone. There are no words. Rest in peace to an absolute original.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

We run a Latine Horror Book Club too! We read horror, written by Latine authors at a super slow pace,then we release 2 hour long episodes talking about each book! YOU can keep up with book club discussion, announcements on Substack. We are SO CLOSE TO 100 subscribers!

Carmen is holding the book, The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo, in front of a Christmas tree

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Anybody else watching Happiness on Netflix? I just finished ep 2, as always, South Korean Zombies never disappoint

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The trailer for 28 Years Later is 🔥🔥 creepy ass poem ✅️ little snippets but no spoilers ✅️ Top notch sound design ✅️ Looking forward to watching! youtu.be/mcvLKldPM08?...

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28 YEARS LATER – Official Trailer (HD)

YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

My best horror of 2024 list is up at @nytimes.com! This list could’ve easily been 100 books long. What a year. Anyway, free article, so feel free to share! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...

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The Best Horror Books of 2024 (Gift Article)

We’re in a golden age of horror. Here are 10 books that stood out in a year filled with fantastic releases.

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Espooky Tales @espookytales.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This came up for us too and I was like hmmmm I don't know if I believe this lol

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Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 30/11/2024

The Rotten Tomato scores for The Mortuary Collection vs Tales From The Hood is my villain origin story.

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