A new collection by Argentine literary horror master Mariana Enriquez is such a treat. A Sunny Place for Shady People is a collection of 12 short stories full of beauty, heartbreak, terror, and rage. 

I read this collection over a period of 8 months.  Enriquez’s work is the opposite of bingeable: it’s so dark and beautiful that I like to take my time and reread favourites as I go. Her work is empathetic and political in many places, and living in a time where I’m seeing support for fascism rise in my own country of Canada, a lot of Enriquez’s writing feels like a warning.

My personal favourite stories were:

Megan McDowell's translation is smooth and beautiful as always.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House/Hogarth for my review copy of this book