Crimson Malice

Omina is the daughter of a healer/witch named Erzeb. During one of her antics when she was a child, she chanced upon a fresh kill of a deer, being dragged by a wolf. The sight of blood, its intense red color and the signal of a successful predator and a condemned prey was something grisly yet, at the same time, completely impossible to watch. Since that day, she developed a strange fascination with blood: the liquid that propelled different walks of life, that fueled passions and which color was irresistible. But even for witches, despite their quirks, it is not a good sign to keep an odd habit, to let anyone else know about it. For how long can it be kept secret before it turns for the worse if the comings and goings of life don't trigger it if one can truly have control over his or her own will. And though not all words remain unsaid, especially to oneself, during her growth, Omina will have to deal with her fascination so it never takes a turn for the worse. Perhaps, with the luck of a charm, she will get to feel appeased, a hope for finding a cure. Throughout her life, Omina will attempt to live impervious to her strange fascination for as long as she can, hoping to ignore every situation that can trigger it. And nature has a whole variety of circumstances than can be beyond her control, and one of them might already linger inside her.

About the Author

Born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. He began writing after seeing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Such fascination with stories, fantastical or historical from around the world led him to quickly develop a passion and interest that enriched his imagination. And as such it helped to discover and keep other wonders like Metal music, swordsmanship, history and folklore. His main interests are Epic Fantasy and Horror, being influenced on the first by Tolkien, Martin, Miura and Sapkowski; and on the second by Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, William Hope Hodgson and Horacio Quiroga. Since 2001 to this present day, he has spent working on the world of Everdant, for which a two-volume novel was written originally in English and then translated into Spanish. In the last years of his college life, he began writing some stories ranging from fantasy to horror to submit to contests and anthologies while outlining more tales and strife which came to fruition after fifteen years with the accepted submission of the novella 'Crimson Malice'. From 2014 to 2016 he's completed an array of up to 10 stories to add to the lore and universe of Everdant. As a personal project, he's translating in English his favorite works of authors such Giovanni Papini and Curzio Malaparte, seeking after further completion the way to get them properly published to spread the word."

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