Horror Library M.A. Álvarez
Horror Library M.A. Álvarez is my collection of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, gathering all my books in these genres.
Welcome…
I present Horror Library M.A. Álvarez, a personalized library stamp that gathers my books.
My writings explore horror, fantasy, and science fiction, delving into all their nuances.
Among them, The Face Within the Lute is a horror novel, while Medianical Age: Drifting through the tides of time delves into fantasy and science fiction, with subtle touches of horror.
So if I ever give you a copy of one of my books in person, you'll find the stamp somewhere in it!
Other works are currently only available in Spanish; you can find them in the Spanish section of Horror Library.
AUTHOR
M. A. Álvarez (Seville, Spain). Writer, illustrator, and graphic designer. Winner of two literary contests in the year 2011: the “XVI edition of the Carmen Conde Literary Contest, in its IX edition of short stories,” organized by Grupo Aldea (Literary Association of Andalusian Writers) and the “‘Becquerian Legends’ Contest,” organized by the Public Library of Gines (Seville). Subsequently, finalist in the “I International Contest of Fantasy and Horror Novel ‘Dagon’” organized by Ediciones Rubeo in the year 2015, with her novel El Rostro en el Laúd (Spanish edition of The Face Within the Lute) and finalist in the “Ignotus Awards 2023 of Pórtico” (Spanish Association of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror) in the categories Short Story and Article. Many of my stories have been published in anthologies and magazines and narrated or adapted to sound fiction in different programs and audio fiction channels.
The Face Within the Lute
LACUHE Ediciones, New York, 2025.
A horror story about an enchanted instrument.
Julia, a Sevillian historian consumed by her obsession with her work, recognizes an ancient lute in a collector’s gallery with a grotesque face inside it. Suddenly, a long-forgotten legend resurfaces in her mind: Centuries ago, there lived a minstrel feared by all, for misfortune befell those who heard his music.
Drawn by its historical significance, Julia resolves to acquire the gloomy instrument. However, before the transaction, the collector reveals to her that one of his ancestors once possessed the lute, only to be overcome by a strange and overwhelming dread.
Despite the warnings, Julia acquires the lute and, from then on, a chain of unsettling events begins to unfold around her.
It is a story told by three narrators, each revealing fragments of the mystery that surrounds the lute, the mysteries of the present and the past …
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Medianical Age: Drifting through the tides of time
LACUHE Ediciones, New York, 2025.
A fantasy and science fiction novel, with illustrations.
The title Medianical Age is a play on words composed of medieval, age and mechanical. This is because the story takes place in medieval times and in a distant mechanized future as follows:
One promising day, sometime in the Middle Ages, a deceitful and charlatan surgeon goes to a castle and assures the lord that he can cure his son’s madness by removing a stone from his head. Since childhood, he has claimed to see strange beings, which only he can perceive, and this has led to his confinement by his ashamed family.
In the distant future, a renowned visionary known as K-79 receives an important award for his work in the world of science: the construction of cyborgs from people who were about to die in the past, for different purposes.
Everything seems to be going according to his plans; however, K-79 detects an anomaly in the Middle Ages and discovers that its existence is in danger …
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