The fourth chapter of Editora Draco’s horror anthology brings Macário, the eccentric bookseller, face-to-face with one of Brazil’s most chilling real-world tragedies: the Goiânia Cesium-137 incident of the 1980s.
Blending documented history with the creeping dread of Lovecraftian horror, The Glow of Death peers into the shadows of a society caught between superstition, neglect, and the invisible terror of radiation. Beyond the menace of cosmic forces, this story paints a vivid portrait of everyday life in Brazil during that decade—its colors, contradictions, and fragilities.
As always, the Cálculo Renal series delivers unsettling tales where the familiar slips into the uncanny…