Daphne Fama

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Writer, author, researcher. 🌺 A DEADLY BLOOMING🌺 MARCH 9, '27 US & UK RELEASE UK & US Release March 9

Day 3 of Filipino folklore. Anting Anting-anting have a long history in the Philippines. These items, which may be amulets, clothing, or charms, are said to hold miraculous power. Some of the most common abilities: - An immunity to bullets, blades, or physical harm - Protection against curses - Exorcism of spirits - Increased attraction from the opposite gender - The ability to curse others
Day 2 of Filipino Folklore Aswang Aswang is an umbrella term that refers to a myriad of monsters, from vampire-like creatures to shapeshifting witches. Nearly all types of aswang have an insatiable desire for human blood, viscera, corpses, or unborn babies. Beautiful women, old widowed women, and women who practice healing have frequently been accused of being aswang. Particularly when Spanish colonizers began spreading Catholicism.
An image of a skull and catholic relic. Day 1 of Filipino Folklore. Paktol. Paktol, which means "to knock on someone's head" in Cebuano, is a type of skull sorcery. The skull must come from an unbaptized person (ideally a child), because they haven't seen god and rest in limbo. Oftentimes the skull is stolen from graves or inherited from an elder sorcerer. It's the spirit connected to the unbaptized skull that is called upon to harm or kill its target.
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Image of the zine "Voices of Women Activistis in PALESTINE, INDONESIA, & THE PHILIPPINES", three red hand dipped candles, the book "Explore the Evolution of Caribbean Magic - Vodou Voodoo and HooDoo" on top of two of chest x-rays
Filipinos slaying in their natural habitat
Image of the House of Monstrous Women book against a purple background with the words "Berkley GIVEAWAY" above it
a cat with a white bra on its head and rosary beads around its neck
several tree frogs sticking to the side of a glass aquarium in a petshop. extremely cute.
Image of Nikki from Infinity Nikki looking at a celestial woman called The Seer with text that reads, "Because I want you to remember me. It's been... too lonely without you."
Image of a memorial set on a green field surrounded by people kneeling and praying.
Image of a dark and decrepit house in the Philippines with "Goodreads Giveaway 20 copies available" written in the center, a picture of House of Monstrous Women to the left, and a GTA meme saying "Ah shit here we go again" in the corner.
Image of a purple and red background that reads "Mesmerizing. Beautifully written, richly atmospheric, and compulsively readable, the horrors in these pages are confronted with ferocious hope... A STUNNING GOTHIC an an exceptional debut." - Rachel Harrison, USA Today bestselling author of So Thirsty. With the title "HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN" DAPHNE FAMA at the bottom
Image of a newspaper ad with the headline "How to tell if your guadian angel is gay!", with an image of two male angels to the right
image of a forest in winter, with a group of animals in deep shadow, their eyes glowing yellow and staring at hte viewer
Image of a three-headed black dog on a red back ground, with a gold framing that invokes the idea of a stamp
Image of a Tangela embedded in a whole mountain of spaghetti, wow he's cute
Image of two raised graves side by side, with stone figures of the people within laid on top. Their hands reach across the narrow gap between their resting places, their hands gently touching as if in slumber
Image of a beautiful house in ruins, its orante wood stained with time, dead vines and living ferns all around it
Painting of a barefoot woman bent double, weeping into her hands as dark chestnut curls cover her face