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First known date: 2016 Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Salto Mortal
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A Mexican woman, a refugee of the visitacion that destroyed Mexico, is trapped in an abusive marriage. When she attempts to get to a woman's shelter, she instead stumbles across one of the nagual, the mysterious creatures who are said to have destroyed Mexico.

Notes

  • Title given as 'Salto Moral' in the print edition.
  • Epigraph: 'The key technique of Lucha Libre was a flip with a rear break fall, called a salto mortal (death leap) . . .' —Heather Levi, The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations and Mexican National Identity

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon io9 United States of America (USA) : Gawker Media , 2008- 10661754 2008 website

    One of the websites run under the Gawker Media stable, io9 focuses on science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and related areas.

    Occasionally publishes or republishes fiction by Australian authors.

    United States of America (USA) : Gawker Media , 2008-
    Note: Posted 14 June 2016.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Lightspeed People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction ! Special Issue no. 73 June Nalo Hopkinson (editor), Kristine Ong Muslim (editor), 2016 10661663 2016 periodical issue 2016 pg. 26-42
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