September’s podcast guest star is author and editor V. Castro!

V. Castro is the celebrated author of Mestiza Blood, The Queen of the Cicadas and several short stories in our anthologies. She finds her inspirations in Mexican folklore and the urban legends of Texas.

In this episode, recorded at London Book Fair, Nick and V. chat all about their passion for storytelling, folklore and dark fiction.

And the best part? You can hear more from V. next month in our LIVE AND SPOOKY celebrations where she'll be back on the Myth & Fiction Podcast to talk about editing Flame Tree's upcoming anthology, Latin American Shared Stories! This stunning book will be going on sale on the 21st of October.

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Music is an extract of Sunbeams by Allen Stroud, from his Fractal Series album, licensed courtesy of fpl-digital 2025.

This podcast is hosted and sometimes narrated by Beatrix Ambery (also audio editor), Olivia Jackson (also podcast coordinator), Shilpa Varma and Nick Wells (also producer).

Chosen from hundreds of wonderful tales, short stories such as these are selected by our short window open submission process, giving opportunities to writers of all levels of experience, culture and location. Look out for our submission announcements, and see the full list here: flametreepublishing.com/gothic-fantasy-book-series-list.html

Our full range of thematic short stories, epic tales, mythology and folklore titles are available at all good bookstores, online and in retail, and at flametreepublishing.com

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