01674cam a2200325 4500 506441492 TxAuBib 20210709120000.0 200710s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781787586017 softcover 1787586014 softcover 9781787586031 hardcover 1787586030 hardcover TxAuBib Castro, V., (Violet.) The queen of the cicadas = : la reina de las chicharras / V. Castro. Reina de las chicharras. New York, NY : Flame Tree Publishing, 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, Mictecac©Ưhuatl. 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. 20210709. Text in English. Mexican Americans Texas Fiction. Mictecacihuatl (Aztec deity) Fiction. Death Fiction. Urban folklore Fiction. Texas Fiction. Horror fiction. TXBVM