
The Love Witch meets Monstrilio in Bruja’s Nest, where a young woman’s abuse history and ambition erupt into body horror, class war, and monstrous motherhood.
Raised amidst poverty, alcoholism, and sexual abuse, Yolanda is determined to seize control of her future. When she starts work as an indentured servant on the Fernández De la Rosa estate, she realizes she can secure a place as the lady of the house: all she has to do is trick their naive son into getting her pregnant.
The local bruja’s fertility ritual horrifies her, and Yolanda delivers a massive egg under the watchful eye of Santa Muerte, the Mexican folk saint of death. But the hacienda where she’s been promised a permanent home is full of blasphemies, secrets, and bodies, and the family she’s tied herself to is loyal only to wealth and power. Worst of all, her beloved son is unacceptable to them—a monstrous reflection of the circumstances that gave him life.
But Yolanda will do anything to protect them both. It's just a matter of earning the place she deserves.
Author

Brenda Radchik is a Mexican horror writer based in Mexico City. Her stories have found a home in different places such as Pyre Magazine, BDA Publishing Anthology, the Collective Visions anthology, and more. She holds an MFA from the University of Southern Maine and a Creative Writing Certificate from UCSD. And she was the Editor of Popular Fiction in the Stonecoast Review Magazine in 2024. Currently, she is a writing mentor in the WriteHive Mentorship Program!