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Not Your Abuelita's Folktales

Paperback: $6.99 on Amazon.

ISBN-10: 1071410156
ISBN-13: 978-1071410158

Kindle Book: $2.99 on Amazon.
ASIN: B07T1HPB1J

"From the first page, M.J. Estrada pulled me straight into the book, into the towns in the deep Southwest, where magical creatures lurk behind every corner to spook and surprise you." - P.C. Darckliff author of Deception of the Damned



“The Extravagant Stranger” Rosa Maria has great plans to marry a rich man and never work a day in her life. One day, an extravagant stranger sweeps her off her feet and promises to give her all she desires. But not everything is as it seems.

“Unforgivable” Beto Andrades is deeply in love with his neighbor Sarah Stan. Yet, as an undocumented teen, he doesn’t stand a chance with her. What is worse, her father hates all Mexicans. Will he ever be able to get her attention and help her see how amazing he is?

“Magical Bully” Meet Rita, an inquisitive young girl with a budding scientific mind. Her world is perfectly logical, until she encounters a duende, a magical creature

“Never Really Alone” Isella’s boyfriend, Rich, is back from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He isn’t the same anymore, and she wonders if it’s time for them to break up.​

**Four no-holds-barred, supernatural tales for young adults.**



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Mona's Return: A Novelette

$.99 on Amazon and  Smashwords!

“Family ties are the strongest magic.”
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Nine-year-old Mona is a witch's apprentice living in the Seventh Realm. Every summer, she must go home, so her mentor can regenerate, and Mona can spend time with family.

She is reluctant to go home to the earthen plane—especially because she has to go to school for a few weeks. The kids are cruel to her since she is different.

Things take a turn for the worse, when a mean boy calls her sister, Christi, a slut, and Mona accidentally releases a demon into the earthen plane. . . . Will Mona defeat the creature despite her lack of experience? Will she have to bend the laws of magic, making her what her family fears: an evil witch?

A magical realism novelette.

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Finally, you can pre-order my first-ever drabble publications "Tampons" and "Digital Divide, No More" in Apocalypse ​for a mere $2.99 on Kindle!

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A post-apocalyptic adventure of tiny proportions. Venture into the unknown, into a time when society has broken down and every man, woman and child (and the odd monster or alien) must fight for themselves.

What miracles can one hundred debut to bestselling authors do with 100 words?
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Kindle Book: $2.99 on Amazon.

ASIN: B07Z38D57B

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The Long Walk (Book 1 of the Zombies in the Barrio Series)

In the desert of Somerton, Arizona, Ismael Contreras tries to adapt to a new culture and way of life. Then, the zombie outbreak occurs. Now, Ismael has to overcome a language barrier and undead attackers. Even in the post-zombie apocalypse, racism exists. Will he be able to survive, despite racist encounters? Will he find a home amongst strangers?

In Yuma, AZ, Andrea Quinta is happy to live in an enclosed city, where the zombie outbreak is under control. That is, until she somehow becomes infected with the virus. Now her main battle is to leave her daughter provided for, before Outbreak Agents and the government eliminate her. Everything rides on her wit and determination to die.

ISBN: 9780463939741

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Kindle version is on sale on Amazon for $.99!

The paper back version is also available, but I am redesigning that one the weekend of April 13 (with a print-Kindle match promo for $0 if you buy the hard copy. Also available through Kindle Unlimited). 
 
ISBN-13: 978-1983186721
ISBN: 9781983186721



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La Bruja in the Orchard
(Book 1 of La Bruja del Barrio Loco)

Five-year-old Mona knows something is very wrong, when her older brother Pancho doesn’t come home one night. Her evil sister, Christi, is to blame because Pancho is always defending her. Mona only knows he is in trouble with the police. Now that Pancho is gone, Christi is brutal, constantly terrorizing Mona.

One afternoon, her parents go on an overnight trip and leave her older sister in charge. Things take a turn for the worse as her sister’s carelessness makes Mona sick to her stomach. La Bruja who lives in the orchard and has been haunting Mona for some time takes advantage of her weakness. With Pancho and her parents gone, the witch is at the window trying to convince Mona to go with her and away from her sister’s cruelty. Will Mona be able to overcome her sister’s abuse and the relentless Bruja, before her parents come home, or will the temptations of La Bruja make her leave her home forever?

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Kindle version on Amazon for $.99!
ASIN: B07DVRHNYY

Paperback version available through Amazon (with a print-Kindle match promo for $0 if you buy the hard copy).  Also available through Kindle Unlimited!
ISBN-13: 978-1983191954
ISBN-10: 1983191957




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Wolf Trek

In the harsh landscape of the Arizona desert, seven-year-old Saad Hunter and his little brother Jak, five, struggle to survive the aftereffects of a devastating virus. Communities are ravaged by a werewolf disease, and no one knows who will get it next. Their father is a legendary werewolf hunter, and both boys constantly seek his approval. Conditions are so harsh, Saad worries that his father will abandon him to make survival easier for just two of them. To make matters worse, Saad is forever competing with Jak who is smarter, faster, stronger, and Saad always loses. But, could Jak be infected with the virus, or is something else happening to him? Only time will tell, if their family will stay together, intact and healthy.

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Kindle version on Amazon for $.99.

Paperback version available through Amazon (with a print-Kindle match promo for $0 if you buy the hard copy. Also available through Kindle Unlimited).
ISBN-13: 978-1983326615
ISBN-10: 1983326615
 



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La Bruja del Barrio Loco
(Book 2 of La Bruja del Barrio Loco Familia)


Thirty-year-old Elisa Sandoval wants nothing more than to get her graduate degree in Women’s History and hopefully, marry her boyfriend Greg. But, when she encounters a real witch in a Mexican supernatural shop, and she slights the old woman over a seemingly trivial matter, Elisa’s life becomes an unimaginable hell.

Stalked ruthlessly for weeks, Elisa comes face to face with magic and chaos straight out of the cuentos, fairy tales her mother told her as a child. Yet, she must set her logic aside as the nightmare continues, and Elisa is incarcerated for a murder she did not commit.

 
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Kindle version on sale for $.99.

Paperback version available through Amazon (with a print-Kindle match promo for $0 if you buy the hard copy. Also available through Kindle Unlimited).




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Zona 5

$.99 on Smashwords! 
Also, $.99 on Amazon!

In 2055, in the high-tech streets of New Phoenix, Perdido Olivares is a street junkie. All he wants is to escape reality with Zona 5. Still, he considers himself a hero, a defender of children.

When he discovers someone is hurting kids, will he be strong enough to overcome his addiction? Will he finally emerge from the streets to save those weaker than himself?

*Please note, every platform has glitches. The .*epub won't download on cellphones, but all the other files like the *.mobi or *.pdf work fine. 

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La Lechuza

Free forever on Smashwords!


Oscar is hunting rabbits one night, when he encounters a lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. He is not without his tricks, as he entraps the witch to do his bidding. Will he use magic to solve his problems, or will he feel compassion for it and let the lechuza go?
A Not So Magical Day

Free forever on Smashwords!

Mona and Sally are learning to master a new spell, when their mentors, ‘Ama and La Muerte, leave them alone for two days. Nothing is going right for Mona, and she watches with consternation as Sally masters every subject. To make matters worse, the pair is attacked by a supernatural foe.

Will they be able to put their differences aside? Or, will they die before their guardians return? 
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