They both had a love for HP Lovecraft and weird fiction but noticed that none of the anthologies had any people of color or women. Moreno made friends with Paula Stiles when she was living in Vancouver and this marked the start of a writing and publishing career for the duo. She currently works at the University Of British Columbia Department of communications. She would later on go back to school to study science and technology and graduated with a master’s. It was in Mexico that she met her husband with who she immigrated to Canada. She got her bachelor’s in communications from Endicott College in Massachusetts before she went back to Mexico. Born in Baja California, she grew up in Mexico and several places around the US since her parents worked on radio. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Canadian short story author, novelist, publisher and editor. Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing

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And she’s all but invisible to her best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even though she’s been in love with him since childhood. She’s a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. A breathtaking blend of Mexican horror movies and dark occultism from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia