Mariana Enriquez on The Ghosts of Buenos Aires, Horror, History & Rebellion
From Buenos Aires to folklore and rebellion—inside the gothic world of a literary horror icon.
In the season finale of Season 1 on Sick Sad Lit, I’m joined by one of the most powerful voices in horror literature today: Mariana Enriquez.
From the sweltering streets of Buenos Aires to Argentina’s political past, Enriquez crafts horror that’s not just terrifying - it’s alive, subversive, and beautifully strange.
Mariana joined me at my freaking HOUSE for an in-person interview which was one of the absolute highlights of my recent memory.
In this episode we talk about:
How journalism sharpened her storytelling
The gothic heat of Buenos Aires
Why she writes horror that resists and reveals
The ghosts (real and imagined) that haunt her fiction
🎧 Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.