storyteller Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest:
Stories and Illustrations, by Alfred Avila
ISBN 978-1-5588510708, © 1994, 172 pages, notes, reviews
A collection of stories from the oral tradition which existed in Los Angeles
when my father was a kid. He tried to remember as many stories
as he could, and he included a few of his own stories.

My YouTube.com PowerPoint videos:
La Llorona (The Wailing Woman), a classic specter
El Muchacho Malo (The Bad Boy), what happens when you don't respect your mom
El Torbellino (The Whirlwind), a Rip Van Winkle-like story

R-HELL front cover Hanako Loves Monsters: An intro to mythological Japan through an original story,
by Kat Avila, art by Alfred Avila, ISBN 978-1-4357-0188-5, © 2007, 28 pages, glossary

My YouTube.com PowerPoint video: O-Kiku's Well, a classic specter


R-HELL: Demons Fall in Love Too, a gender-bending romantic fantasy, story and illustrations by kavila
ISBN 978-0-557-48733-2, © 2010, 158 pages, cast of characters
SYNOPSIS: Prince Storm is dead…or is he? All Kitty wanted to do was to sell some used books to pay a credit card bill. Next thing she knows, she's in Grand Hell where Prince Redd is killing off Queen Regina's heirs. Prince Storm, whose body she's stuck in, is the next target. Welcome to the gender-bending world of R-HELL!








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  • Ghosts Begone tips & links
  • Naughty Nookie's Accursed Camera (an original bedtime story), PP picture-book video


  • My Convention Presentations
  • Shōwa-era travel pennants (2009), PDF
    1. Japan pennants HTML
    2. California pennants HTML
  • Paranormal Japan (2008), PDF
  • Romance Manga (2008), PDF
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