Monstrilio collects fiction that links magical-realism logic to elements of horror and fantasy, placing queer experience and desire at its center.

Two royal twins with emergent magical abilities are sent away from their ruling parent and trained by a monastery; their powers and identities entangle them with wider political and social conflicts.

A man’s dreams have the power to change the real world, and those around him — including a psychiatrist — must confront the consequences of shaping reality through unconscious wishes.

Set in an imagined America where the state offers convicted people a brutal alternative—participation in televised death matches run by the CAPE program—the novel follows top combatants whose lives and identities are shaped by that system.

In a living biotech port city, reformed thief Yat Jyn-Hok works night patrol while carrying the memories of a vanished lover and punishment for her sexuality. After being murdered by colleagues, she is resurrected by an ancient power that lets her manipulate life force.

Set in a far-future, quasi-medieval city, the novel follows Severian, an apprentice in a torturers' guild, whose expulsion forces him to leave his home and travel into a decaying world.

A short, focused novella that focuses on a strained father–child relationship set against motifs of dance, clothing, and sleepwalking. The narrative applies fantastical or uncanny touches to private family dynamics and rites, creating a blend of cultural detail and subtle horror without sprawling plot breadth.

A contemporary Black woman living in 1970s Los Angeles is repeatedly pulled back in time to a Maryland plantation in the early 19th century, where she encounters ancestors and must navigate slavery's social and moral realities to survive and return to her own time.

Set aboard a generation ship, the novel follows life inside a rigidly stratified vessel where social caste, inherited servitude, and systemic racism govern daily existence.