• Appears in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2023, guest edited by R.F. Kuang and edited by John Joseph Adams (available now!).
• “A deliciously wicked flash fiction story… Cañas tells the story with such panache and with such a biting sense of dark humour that it had me charmed from the first sentence to the last.” Maria Haskins, My Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup for June 2022
• “… a visceral flash horror story […] In under a thousand words, Cañas crafts a brilliant story inspired by a folk tale of Mexico.” Lyndsie Manusos, BookRiot
• “Isabel Cañas’s new story is delightfully eerie, the kind that sends a shudder down your spine and gives you goosebumps.” Alex Brown, Tor.com

• “The law of take, though, isn’t something that can be fol­lowed halfway, and the story does a great job of following Vis through the ambition, drama, and action that follows in the wake of not conceding the things that matter most […] a rollercoaster ride of a tale that does not disappoint.” Locus Magazine

• Also available as a podcast narrated by Roxanne Hernandez.

“A moving and wonderfully built story, with a balanced, messy, and powerful ending.” Charles Peyseur, Quick Sip – BCS #334.

• Also available as a podcast narrated by Roxanne Hernandez.
• Interview: “Author Spotlight: Isabel Cañas,” by Jude Griffin.
• ​​“Like the stories that Soraya tells to Parviz, this story carries with it its own magic and, more importantly, the ability to relieve some of the pain that exists in the world.” Charles Payseur, Quick Sip – Lightspeed #109.

• Also available as a podcast narrated by Roxanne Hernandez.
• Interview: Author Spotlight: Isabel Cañas, by Xander Odell.
• “As much as I was hooked by the plot, it was Isabel Cañas’ descriptions that landed this story a spot on this list. Her text is as rich and thick as a tapestry […] Someone get her a book deal ASAP.” Alex Brown, Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: July 2019 (Tor.com)
• “Every sentence here has a flow to it, like a song, like a voice, and it is absolutely mesmerizing. Read it for the horror, read it for the enchanting descriptions of a time and a city long gone, and read it for the sheer beauty of the language.” Maria Haskins, 8 Extraordinary Stories I Read in July.