Liliana Blum
Mexican short story writer and novelist whose work explores intimacy, violence, desire, and women’s inner lives, with publications in Mexico and translations into multiple languages.
Books
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1. El Monstruo Pentápodo
A taut, unsettling narrative that slips between the perspective of a meticulous child predator and the mother of a potential victim, exposing the banality of evil behind a courteous facade and the vulnerabilities of girls in a society steeped in machismo. As the predator stalks and grooms his target through everyday spaces, the story reveals how fear, shame, and institutional indifference enable abuse, building relentless tension toward a stark, deeply disturbing reckoning.
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2. Tristeza De Los Cítricos
A collection of unsettling short stories that probes the hidden rot in ordinary lives, following characters—often women—who confront obsession, predation, and the corrosive legacies of family and desire. Domestic spaces and intimate relationships become claustrophobic arenas where power imbalances, class tensions, and buried trauma fester, each tale peeling back the bright rind of normalcy to reveal a bitter, sometimes violent pulp. Threaded with dark humor and psychological acuity, it explores how emotional blight spreads through communities and generations, leaving behind scars that are as lingering as they are difficult to name.