Short Bio
Daphne Fama is a Filipino American author who writes historical horror about family, feminism, love, and all the terrible things people do in their name. Born in North Carolina, she has lived in Manila, Shanghai, and Seoul before putting down roots in Michigan. Her work draws upon Filipino folklore and history, where the dead refuse to be forgotten.
One-Line Bio
Daphne Fama is a historical horror writer who examines feminism, family, and love through the lens of Filipino folklore and superstition.
Books
House of Monstrous Women
In this game, there’s one rule: survive.
Orphaned after her father’s political campaign ended in tragedy, Josephine is alone taking care of the family home while her older brother is off in Manila, where revolution brews. But an unexpected invitation from her childhood friend Hiraya to her house offers an escape. . . .
Why don’t you come visit, and we can play games like we used to?
If Josephine wins, she’ll get whatever her heart desires. Her brother is invited, too, and it’s time they had a talk. Josephine’s heard the dark whispers: Hiraya is a witch and her family spits curses. But still, she’s just desperate enough to seize this chance to change her destiny.
Except the Ranoco house is strange, labyrinthine, and dangerously close to a treacherous sea. A sickly-sweet smell clings to the dimly lit walls, and veiled eyes follow Josephine through endless connecting rooms. The air is tense with secrets, and as the game continues, it’s clear Josephine doesn’t have the whole truth.
To save herself, she will have to play to win. But in this house, victory is earned with blood.
A lush new voice in horror arises in this riveting gothic set against the upheaval of 1986 Philippines and the People Power Revolution.
A Deadly Blooming
Lured into a terrifying inheritance competition when returning home for her mother’s funeral, a young woman must reckon with her mother’s secrets and a town’s past of deathly sacrifice.
Be careful of what grows here…
Maria’s strongest memory of Talalora is crying as her mother sent her away. But when the sudden news of her death leaves Maria in shock, she returns to the remote Filipino town she once called home. She’ll close old wounds for good and claim an inheritance her mother left behind.
But Talalora isn’t what Maria remembers. Once lush fields are barren; the flowers are withered. The townspeople are devoted to a lone priest, Father Benito, who declares her mother’s inheritance must be earned. To stake her claim, Maria must brave a series of trials pitting her against relatives she’s never known.
Each trial is crueler than the last as Talalora’s plants grow faster and stranger. Maria’s progress brings memories she was never supposed to reclaim: memories of her mother and tender moments with a beautiful girl, now a woman who insists her mother’s death was planned.
And she remembers the Diwata, a spirit who’s ensured Talalora’s fertile land for decades. Now she wanders Talalora at night, leaving flowers and ruin in her wake. Maria’s fight for her inheritance becomes a search for the truth of Talalora, her mother, and a curse that binds them all together. What’s been buried must bloom.
Contacts
Agent: Dorian Maffei < Dorian@kimberleycameron.com >
Film Agent: Kim Yau < Kim@echolakeentertainment.com >
Personal: Daphne Fama < FamaDaphne@gmail.com >