MONSTROSITY: Tales of Transformation

12 Genre-bending, dark fiction short stories. Split into three parts, MONSTROSITY explores what it takes to be a “monster”.

“Laura Diaz de Arce’s writing is reminiscent the work of Joyce Carol Oates, Angela Carter, and Kelly Link. The stories range from folk tales and fairy tales to science fiction and horror, yet they fit seamlessly together, the stories connecting to a larger idea--the monster that lives and breathes inside all of us, and how the world draws it out.” - Rag Queen Periodical.

“There is sci-fi, folklore and contemporary horror that varies beautifully. The characters are from different times and places with their own voices. From the first page Laura hits you hard, so be ready.” - V. Castro, for LatinHorror.com

“Equal parts haunting and beautiful, Monstrosity is a unique collection of short stories that captures the dark side of the human condition. Including stories that range from the personal to the fantastical to the grotesque, Laura has a way of looking straight through what makes us people and tears it apart only to reflect back at ourselves and make us think.” - Brandon Chinn, author of Kognition.

Available in Spanish/ En Español

Content Warnings:

• Body Horror

• Attempted Sexual Assault

• Explicit Sexual Content

• Murder

• Death

• Suicide and Self Harm

• Delusion

• Mass Death

• Cannibalism

• Allusions to Harm to Children

• Dismemberment