{"id":20018,"date":"2025-08-12T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=20018"},"modified":"2025-08-10T19:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T23:02:25","slug":"interview-daphne-fama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-daphne-fama\/","title":{"rendered":"Daphne Fama talks Monstrous Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20019\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-daphne-fama\/daphne-fama\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/daphne-fama.jpg?fit=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"daphne-fama\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Daphne Fama&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/daphne-fama.jpg?fit=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20019\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/daphne-fama.jpg?resize=233%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"photo of author Daphne Fama\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/daphne-fama.jpg?resize=233%2C350&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/daphne-fama.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 85vw, 233px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daphne Fama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daphne Fama\u2019s gothic debut, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House of Monstrous Women<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is rich with Filipino folklore, female rage, ritual cannibalism, and matriarchal horror. It has been described as Silva Moreno-Garcia\u2019s infamous novel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-mexican-gothic-silvia-moreno-garcia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mexican Gothic <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 which this interviewer agrees solely based on the brilliant execution of the theme of generational trauma \u2014 meets the campy horror film <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZtYTwUxhAoI?si=ox02HdPzhcb-2Qlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready or Not<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring Samara Weaving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she\u2019s not writing about monsters and the women who love them, she\u2019s writing about video games or adoring her partner and pup. Her favorite horror games are the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatal Frame <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">series (minus Maiden of Black Water) and Silent Hill. She loves found footage and folklore drenched horror movies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fama\u2019s social media is a celebration and dissection of Filipino folklore including the aswang &#8212; an umbrella term that refers to a wide array of monsters, from vampire-like creatures to shapeshifters. These entities became the key inspiration for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House of Monstrous Women.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find her on Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daphnefamawrites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@daphnefamawrites<\/a>.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>(Interview conducted by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaleyNewlin22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haley Newlin<\/a><\/strong>)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CEMETERY DANCE: Why do you think gothic horror lends itself so well to the exploration of Filipino folktales in <em>House of Monstrous Women<\/em>?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAPHNE FAMA: So much of Filipino folklore is tinged with the fear of colonizers, religious pressure, and a mistrust of women. It\u2019s the perfect cocktail for a gothic horror. Aswang, for example, can be people who\u2019ve turned away from God, who make pacts with demons. But more often, they\u2019re beautiful young women or elderly widowed women. Women who exercise either power over men or an independence from them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it\u2019s because they live outside of the bounds of expectations that they can really explore the meat of gothic horror: the repressed fears and desires. Desire for freedom, agency, the absolutely forbidden love of a childhood friend who might eat you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How did you determine the types of monsters used in <em>House of Monstrous Women<\/em>? Which came first, the aswang or the human monsters, when developing the story?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, the aswang, absolutely. When it comes to Filipino monsters, there\u2019s none more famous than the aswang. I knew that I wanted to write a story about the People Power Revolution and the hopeful fight for freedom, which naturally paired with my complicated feelings about generational trauma. The aswang <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-house-monstrous-women\/house-monstrous-women\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/house-monstrous-women.jpg?fit=994%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"994,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"house-monstrous women\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/house-monstrous-women.jpg?fit=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19997\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/house-monstrous-women.jpg?resize=232%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of House of Monstrous Women\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/house-monstrous-women.jpg?resize=232%2C350&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/house-monstrous-women.jpg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/house-monstrous-women.jpg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/house-monstrous-women.jpg?w=994&amp;ssl=1 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 85vw, 232px\" \/>is a wonderful metaphor for this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Visayan region, aswangs have a cursed bloodline. It\u2019s a curse that is generally passed from mother to daughter, usually in the form of a cursed black object that must be vomited into the mouth of their inheritor. Failing to do this ends in an extremely painful death for those who refuse to continue the line. But by choosing to suffer and refusing to pass the cursed object on, you can end the curse permanently for those who come after you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The suffering of the aswang mother, and the wound she inflicts on her daughter, has an irresistible draw. But more than that, I gravitated towards this feeling of expectation and conformity. If both the mother and daughter conform, they get to live lives as close to normal as possible. But if they push back, if they break the generational promise, they both suffer for it\u2026 and save everyone who comes after. It\u2019s hope tinged with bitterness and pain, but still, it\u2019s worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You mention an element of generational trauma in the author\u2019s note. Why do you think that is such an important theme to explore? Why was horror the proper landscape to do so?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isn\u2019t generational trauma a scar we all bear? It\u2019s almost impossible to enter this world without the weight of your parents\u2019 and grandparents\u2019 suffering and expectations on your shoulders. That albatross can be suffocating. It can crack open your soul and rot it. For me, that was almost the case. I know I\u2019m not alone in that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanted to write a book where the main character, Josephine, is nearly crushed by the expectations of her family and society. But with sacrifice and determination she breaks the chains of generational trauma and carves from blood (much of it her own) the future she wants. More than that, I wanted others to see themselves in her suffering and success and know that they can achieve it too. I\u2019m happy to say I did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horror is a wonderful genre to explore this. At its heart, horror is about transgressing boundaries. It\u2019s about digging up all those repressed fears and truths. And with generational trauma, there\u2019s so much to unpack and separate. The guilt, the expectations, the sense of obligation, the resentment and bitterness. They\u2019re ugly thoughts and feelings that lend themselves to monsters and an atmosphere of suffocating dread.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You mention that you found yourself identifying with the aswang in high school. What did learning about the persecution of a woman in your mother\u2019s village, accused of being an aswang, mean to you? How does it translate to <em>House of Monstrous Women<\/em> and its characters?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It meant everything. I was born already &#8220;othered&#8221; in my family. My father\u2019s white and extremely conservative family didn\u2019t believe in race mixing. My grandmother refused to acknowledge me. When I entered school, I was the only vaguely brown person in my small, rural school. I ate strange food, and my mother spoke with a thick accent. There were lots of reasons why I was an oddball of a kid, but immediately I was different, even though we watched the same shows and played the same games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I grew older and more cynical (like all teens, I suppose), I realized just how quick the world was to prejudice and judge others. My mother\u2019s school friend, a young woman born into a family suspected of being aswang, was tormented by bullies. Her family was ostracized. Eventually, she and her family left town and changed their name, taking on completely new identities to try and start over. I hit a similar crossroad in life. I could run, make a new story, a new me, and try to leave it all behind\u2026 or I could lean into being the monster. A woman who doesn\u2019t abide by the script and rules. Ultimately, I did both. I left home and my old life behind\u2026 and accepted myself for precisely who I am.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For that reason, I find Hiraya, a woman accused of being an aswang in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House of Monstrous Women<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to be particularly enchanting. At her core she\u2019s a woman who doesn\u2019t care what other people think, who\u2019s unapologetically strange and herself. And she refuses to be confined in the little box life has prepared for her.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Monstrous women\u201d speaks to the history of persecuting, controlling, and condemning women. After writing <em>House of Monstrous Women<\/em>, what does the phrase mean to you? What do you hope it means to readers?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll come clean: I never thought the women in <em>House of Monstrous Women<\/em> were monstrous at all. It\u2019s just as your question states, someone\u2019s \u201cmonstrosity,\u201d their inhumanness, is completely defined by those observing them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if you look closer, if you drill into their hearts, you\u2019ll see that what makes each of these women tick is something painfully human. A wish for freedom, a broken heart, the drive to break a vicious cycle. Something we can all relate to. I\u2019d love the readers to put themselves in the shoes of the characters, to really think about what choices they would make if they had to live through those events. Would you really come out on the other side with clean hands? Or would you find blood smeared across your mouth?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can catch Daphne Fama at &#8220;Read If You Dare: A Night Full of Horror&#8221; brought to you by Berkley and Exile In Bookville in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, October 15th. Fama will be accompanied by fellow horror authors Rachel Harssion, author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such Sharp Teeth <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play Nice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Christina Henry, author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The House That Horror Built, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Nick Medina, author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whistler<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sisters of the Lost Nation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event begins at 7 p.m. CT and you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exileinbookville.com\/events\/47810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">register here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daphne Fama\u2019s gothic debut, House of Monstrous Women, is rich with Filipino folklore, female rage, ritual cannibalism, and matriarchal horror. 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