HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN

A young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the maze-like home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror set in 1986 Philippines.

Josephine del Rosario feels like a pariah in her town. Long orphaned after her father's political campaign ends in tragedy, she's all alone taking care of the family home while her older brother is off in Manila where a revolution brews. And it's starting to feel like he's abandoning her. When she receives a letter from a cherished childhood friend, Hiraya, inviting her to play a game she jumps at the reason to leave town. Josephine will have whatever her heart desires if she wins. Maybe Josephine can change her life. It doesn't matter that dark rumors have always surrounded Hiraya. Except Hiraya's house is strange.labyrinthine and huge and something seems to be following Josephine everywhere she turns. What's worse is there's something her old friend isn't telling her. There's something insidious about this invitation, and if Josephine isn't careful, she'll find that change is sometimes bought with blood. Daphne Fama was born in the American South, embedded in the tight-knit Filipino community. Like many of her peers, she became an attorney, but prefers fiction to contracts and forms. When she's not writing stories about monsters and broken women full of yearning, she's writing about video games. And when she's not writing, she's spending every minute adoring her partner and pup.