01714cam a2200337 4500 553008428 TxAuBib 20210722120000.0 200710s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781787586031 1787586030 9781787586024 1787586022 9781787586017 1787586014 (OCoLC)1163948042 YDX eng YDX BDX UKMGB OCLCO OCLCF CNNWP HBP JAS GK8 IJ5 OCLCO TxAuBib Castro, V. The queen of the cicadas : la reina de las chicharras / V. Castro. Reina de las chicharras. London, UK : Flame Tree Press, 2021. 214 pages ; 23 cm. "2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacihuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship. Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse - Hector, find themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as well."--Amazon. 20210722. Mexican Americans Texas Fiction. Mictecacihuatl (Aztec deity) Fiction. Death Fiction. Urban folklore Fiction. Texas Fiction. Horror fiction. lcgft