COMING SOON FROM NEW RUINS 🐛🐜 🐞 🦟 🪲 THE SECRET LIFE OF INSECTS by Bernardo Esquinca is a short story collection translated by James D. Jenkins, coming April 2024. The history of Mexico is drenched in blood, from the sacrifices of the ancient Aztecs to the bloodthirsty conquest of the Spanish to modern-day violent crime, and that legacy of violence and death pervades these stories. They blend the genres of horror and noir in inventive ways and run the gamut from chilling to weirdly unsettling to darkly funny. Lavishly illustrated by the incredible Luis Pérez Ochando, this is the most unmissable, unnerving short story collection of the year that you can preorder NOW from the Dead Ink website — link in bio! Cover by lookbird #horrorshortstories #translatedfiction #shortstorycollection #newbooks2024 #2024books #newbooks #indiepublishing #newruins