by Silvia Moreno-Garciaoriginally published Cthulhurotica, Dagan Books, 2010
Our unnamed hero is a journalist trying to eke out a living in Mexico City. He visits a dilapidated movie theater called El Tabu, where some sex cult rents out the establishment on a regular basis. Spying on their activities, all he finds is them watching fragments of a 70's sword`n'sandal flick. But he begins having nightmares and hallucinations, all related to the color yellow.
He burns down the theater, then a vault containing a pristine print of the film. Now the Cineteca Nacional has found another copy, and he's planning on starting another fire.
I found this minor piece unimpressive. Moreno-Garcia's authorial voice is unconvincing, and the idea is unformed and not that great to begin with.
