They Will Dream in the Garden

"They Will Dream in the Garden is a devastating fever dream of a collection. Lyrical and lush, but also startlingly direct. A major book from a unique voice. A must read."—Jeff VanderMeer

"Gabriela Damián Miravete is arguably one of the most important writers of speculative fiction in Mexico, and her collection, They Will Dream in the Garden, showcases the breadth and depth of her work. Ranging from a bemused humanism reminiscent of Le Guin to disarming surrealism that reminds one of Murakami, these eleven stories are also deeply rooted in Mexico as place and culture and history. Damián Miravete masterfully wields semantics and syntax, trope and scheme, to draw us through unexpected layers in every piece, like delicate palimpsests that yield upon close observation startling phrases containing unforgettable truths. And balancing this technical skill is an emotional resonance, perhaps best felt in the harrowing and moving title story. They Will Dream in the Garden is a must-have for readers of literary and genre fiction alike, and let us hope that Gabriela captivates with such tales for many more years to come."—David Bowles, award-winning author of The Prince & the Coyote  

“Spun of nightmares and spiderwebs, This collection of stories by the Mexican author Gabriela Damián Miravete stretches from its roots in the Surrealist Movement to encompass the best and the worst of human imagination. Miravete brings us visions of worlds where animals and humans connect in mutual respect, women are valued for their abilities to empathize and collectively provide solutions, and the dead reach out to support the living in our daily worries. In addition, the collection includes the best psychotropic adventure story I have read. Every page of They Will Dream in the Garden is drenched in images of water. Every story gives us a chance to re-imagine ourselves in a world where feminism has won out against the evils of the drug trade, of patriarchy, and of machismo. If only. But we can dream.”—Kathleen Alcalá, author of Spirits of the Ordinary

“Luminous stories, haunted with memories as deep as the roots of the oldest ahuehuete, They Will Dream in the Garden is charged with a sense of justice that shows the world as it is, and as it could be.” —Christopher Brown, Philip K. Dick Award-nominated author of Tropic of Kansas

“In They Will Dream in the Garden, Gabriela Damián Miravete takes the speculative genres and makes them her own, so specific to Mexico but with that fairy tale quality of being anywhere or nowhere. This is a magnificent collection of short stories, with characters full of determination to invent and fashion with the tools they have, that never forgets that humans are the species that “praises beauty while destroying it.”—Matthew David Goodwin, editor of Latinx Rising and co-editor of Speculative Fiction for Dreamers