The Goddess of Filth Affirmation Deck

V. Castro is a Mexican American author from San Antonio, Texas now residing in the UK. She is a full-time mother, a Latinx literary advocate, and co-founder of Fright Girl Summer, a platform to amplify marginalized voices. She writes Latinx novels of horror, erotic horror, and science fiction, including her most recent, Hairspray and Switchblades. Connect with Violet via Instagram and Twitter @vlatinalondon or at vcastrostories.com.

Luísa Dias is a graphic designer based in Lisbon with a background in Culture and Communication (BA) and Design and Visual Culture (MA). Since 2016, she has worked in graphic design, first specializing in branding and editorial projects before transitioning to book cover design in 2020. She has since collaborated with publishers including Penguin, A.A. Knopf, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins. At home, she can usually be found with a book in hand (most often literary horror or short story collections) or watching films that embrace the unsettling and the unknown, often in the company of her opinionated cat, Odin.