Research for Rare Earth — Remover la Tierra by Antonio Sánchez Gómez. An environmental lawyer who spent years litigating against mining and oil pollution in the Andes. The map of extractivism is the map of poverty. The regions richest in minerals are the ones left poorest by them.

“She's tried to make of her soul a garden, so to speak, but the other-her's words dig into the soil and overturn it, exposing what is wet and wriggling there to the light of day.” I love this line in The Fisherman, by @johnlangan.bsky.social So uncomfortable. Great horror writing.

Know nothing about Bolivia? Watch Utama. Stunning cinematography and a heartbreaking story of living and surviving in the highlands. tv.apple.com/gb/movie/uta...

Utama - Apple TV

An elderly Quechua couple lives a quiet, routine life in the Bolivian highlands. When an uncommonly long and severe drought threatens their existence,…

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If you love reading or writing horror say hello! I’d love to follow some writers and get to know the community on here a bit better.

¡Feliz 6 de Agosto! 🇧🇴 In the Andes, August is when the earth opens its mouth — the month Pachamama is fed, and the boundary thins. Fitting that it’s also the month Bolivia was born. Happy 201st. ¡Viva Bolivia!

The kharisiri takes your fat, not your blood and it always appears as an outsider with authority. Some notes on the folklore behind Well Marbled, and the cable car ride in 2015 that started it. alexcawley.substack.com/p/story-note...

Story Notes: Well Marbled

A few notes on writing Well Marbled.

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New story. A radio DJ boards the last cable car up to El Alto on the night of San Juan. An old man gets in at the next station and wants to talk. The first of a series of 12 horror stories set in Bolivia. Around 6,000 words. open.substack.com/pub/alexcawl...

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The last cable car to El Alto, on the coldest night of the year.

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Just finished Corpsemouth and other Autobiographies by @johnlangan.bsky.social who has very quickly become my favourite #horror author. He does such a good job of crafting a perfectly normal world that slowly slides into something deeply off-putting.