"Do Not Enter Room 1408: A Spanish Anthology Tribute to Stephen King" or "King: Tribute to the King of Terror" is an anthology of stories selected by the writer Jorge Luis Cáceres, featuring contributions from several of the most important authors from Latin America and Spain paying literary homage to the work and figure of the master of horror, Stephen King. By implementing the principles of canonical creation aimed at defining various keys to reading the fantasy genre, particularly Ibero-American horror, this book represents a cartography of fears and obsessions distributed geographically in Santiago, Buenos Aires, Quito, Barcelona, Madrid, Lima, Mexico City, Havana, etc. In other words, this book is a testament to the notion that horrors, if well written, can be developed in any territory, place, or setting. It is no longer strange to see zombies or cursed cars in Quito or La Paz; the strange thing would be not to see them. This anthology has been published in six countries and has had 7 editions: Ecuador, 2013, 2016; Mexico, 2014 by La Cifra Editorial; Argentina, 2015, by Interzona; Chile, 2017 by DasKapital; Spain, 2018 by Apache Libros; Peru, 2018 by Editorial Casatomada.

Critics have said about "Do Not Enter Room 1408" or "King: Tribute to the King of Terror"

"An excellent anthology where we will find major themes present in King's work: fear of the dark, illness, loss of loved ones, and religious fanaticism, among others." Insomnia Magazine, the Stephen King Universe, Argentina. "This book confirms the idea of variety: an evil doppelganger, demons harassing innocent girls, cannibalism, madness, black humor... In all of them, one can see King's shadow, but that, contrary to what might be thought, is not a disadvantage. On the contrary, it is very pleasing to see how the imagination of the so-called master of terror enchants the imagination of other authors." Raquel Castro, La Jornada, Aguascalientes, Mexico. "In this book, the Ecuadorian Cáceres - himself the author of a magnificent text included in these pages - has brought together several contemporary Ibero-American storytellers to pay homage to the American author; thus, they have woven and assembled this splendid and terrifying showcase of examples of horror in which fear only stops to renew itself." Juan José Reyes, Correo del Libro, Conaculta, Mexico. "For writers, participating in this anthology is like being part of a metal band and being invited to pay homage to Metallica." Natalia Gelos, Ñ Magazine, Clarín, Argentina. "The quality of the stories is excellent; here are different perspectives on everyone's fears. It is, perhaps, the same work as Pennywise the clown from Stephen King's novel IT." Juan Romero Vinueza, El Imperdible Magazine, Ecuador. "Most of Stephen King's stories feature writers as protagonists. And this time, outside of fiction, a book in his honor features the same protagonists. They are Hispano-American writers, creators summoned to pay tribute to the genius of terror in the best possible way: by writing terrifying stories." Andersson Boscán, Expreso Newspaper, Ecuador. "The book pays homage with stories that traverse the thematic spectrum of Stephen King, as well as presenting a particular cartography of fears and obsessions." Matavilela Magazine, Ecuador. "The interesting thing is to see the full spectrum, to see the map of the terrors and obsessions of Hispano-American authors today, clearly inherited from Stephen King." Violeta Gorodischer, Un libro en un minuto, La Nación, Buenos Aires. "In this book, 18 writers demonstrate that terror is universal, that it can be written from anywhere in the world - Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, among other countries - without losing the power of the genre." Juan Alberto Crasci, ArteZeta, Buenos Aires. "An homage to the American writer that serves as a good anthology of fantastic and horror stories in our language. It is also a clever device for discovering new authors and exploring the fantastic vein of already known writers." Pablo de Santis, Ñ Magazine, Clarín, Argentina.

Authors

Jorge Luis Cáceres Jorge Luis Cáceres (Quito, 1982) is an Ecuadorian writer, editor, and anthologist. Career He was recognized as one of "the 34 Latin American authors of unquestionable literary quality" in the 2012 Guadalajara International Book Fair. He has wri ...

(Quito, 1982) * Mariana Enríquez (Buenos Aires, 1973) * Juan Terranova (Buenos Aires, 1975) * Luciano Lamberti (Córdoba, 1978) (Only in Ecuador and México) *

Jorge Enrique Lage Jorge Enrique Lage (Havana, 1979) is a Cuban Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or ...

(Havana, 1979) * Francisco Ortega (Victoria, 1974) *

Abdón Ubidia Abdón Ubidia (1944) is an Ecuadorian writer who is considered one of the most representative and relevant voices of modern Ecuadorian literature. He was the 2012 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by Presiden ...

(Quito, 1944) (Only in Ecuador and México) * Eduardo Varas (Guayaquil, 1979) (Only in Ecuador and México) *

Patricia Esteban Erlés Patricia Esteban Erlés (Zaragoza, 1972) is a Spanish secondary school teacher, journalist for the ''Heraldo de Aragón'' and a short story writer. She studied Spanish language and literature at the University of Zaragoza. She has won a number of m ...

(Zaragoza, 1972) * David Roas (Barcelona, 1965) * Santiago Eximeno (Madrid, 1973) (Only in Ecuador and México) * Paula Lapido (Madrid, 1975) (Only in Ecuador and México) *

Sergi Bellver Sergi Bellver (born 1971 in Barcelona) is a Spanish short story writer. He is the author of the book ''Agua dura'' (2013) and his short stories have been published in ten anthologies in Spain and Latin America and also in the newspaper of Buenos ...

(Barcelona, 1971) (Only in Ecuador and México) *

Juan Soto Ivars Juan Soto Ivars (1985 in Águilas) is a Spanish novelist and columnist. He is the author of the novels ''Ajedrez para un detective novato'' (2013), ''Siberia'' (2012) and ''La conjetura de Perelman'' (2011). He co-edited the short story collectio ...

(Águilas, 1985)(Only in Ecuador and México) * Marina Perezagua (Sevilla, 1978) * Alberto Chimal (Toluca, 1970) * Cecilia Eudave (Guadalajara, 1968) (Only in Ecuador and México) *

Antonio Ortuño Antonio Ortuño (Guadalajara, 1976) is a Mexican novelist and short story writer. Ortuño is the author of the novels ''El buscador de cabezas'' (2006) and ''Recursos humanos'' (2007), finalist of the Herralde Prize. He also published the short st ...

(Guadalajara, 1976) * Gabriel Rimachi Sialer (Lima, 1974) (Only in Ecuador) *

Carlos Calderón Fajardo Carlos Calderón Fajardo (1946-2015) was a Peruvian journalist, novelist, and short story writer. He worked as a sociologist at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. In 1974 he won first place in the José María Arguedas Story Contest. In 19 ...

(Juliaca, 1946) (Only in Ecuador) * Rodolfo Santullo (Uruguay-México, 1979) (Only in Ecuador and México) * Javier Calvo (Barcelona, 1973) *

Carlos Yushimito Carlos Yushimito del Valle (born 1977 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian writer of Japanese descent. Biography Carlos Yushimito del Valle studied Latin American Literature at the National University of San Marcos where he graduated in 2002. Two years ...

(Lima, 1977) (Only in México) *

Alexis Iparraguirre Alexis Iparraguirre (Lima, 8 April 1974) is a Peruvian short story writer. Biography Iparraguirre holds a Ph.D. degree in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures from the Graduate Center, CUNY, and a MFA degree in Creative Writing in Spani ...

(Lima, 1974) *

Santiago Roncagliolo Santiago Rafael Roncagliolo Lohmann (born March 29, 1975) is a Peruvian writer, screenwriter, translator, and journalist. He has written five novels about fear. He is also author of a trilogy of non-fiction books on Latin America during the twent ...

(Lima, 1975) (Only in Argentina) * Edmundo Paz Soldán (Cochabamba, 1967) (Only in Argentina) * Nico Saraintaris (Argentina, 1983) (Only in Argentina) * Ariel Idez (Buenos Aires, 1977) (Only in Argentina) *

Espido Freire María Laura Espido Freire (her pen name is just her surnames Espido Freire) is a writer born in Bilbao, Spain on 16 July 1974. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela. Biography Espido Freire dedicated her early years to the study a ...

(Bilbao, 1974) (Only in Argentina) * Solange Rodríguez Pappe (Guayaquil, 1976) (Only in Ecuador) *

Andrés Neuman Andrés Neuman (born January 28, 1977) is a Spanish- Argentine writer, poet, translator, columnist and blogger. The son of Argentine émigré musicians, he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a mother of French and Spanish descent and a fath ...

(Buenos Aires, 1977) * David Jasso (Zaragoza, 1961)

Reception

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The influence of the masters of pop culture in Spanish American narrative is a yet unexplored territory. In this anthology, various young authors from different latitudes come together under the influence of Stephen King and pay tribute to the “master of horror”. These stories prove that supernatural horror is not a tradition alien to Spanish American literature but is an interest of a generation of writers. The ghost of King looms over these stories, sometimes like Pennywise, others like an arcane being from the beyond where reality shows coexist with zombies. Inspired by the North American writer, the stories gate crash meetings of psychiatric patients, discover supernatural beings infiltrating Latin American military movements, narrate spontaneous experiments in quantum physics and present obscure characters, such as evil doppelgangers or demons that stalk innocent children. Welcome, reader, to this disturbing homage: here there is cannibalism, madness and religious sects. Here there are tigers.

References

{{reflist Spanish horror fiction Stephen King