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Stories Set in Oaxaca
Oaxaca is Mexico's most Indigenous state capital, famous for complex sauces, mezcal and Day of the Dead celebrations. Its stories cross borders in both directions, following migrants north and travelers south. Becoming Naomi León and Puerto Escondido make the trip each way. Open Oaxaca on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 2 books, 5 movies and 1 game set in Oaxaca.
Becoming Naomi León
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Oaxaca, Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
Puerto Escondido
Targeted by a dirty cop after witnessing a murder ordinary bank clerk Mario flees to Puerto Escondido Mexico where a couple of oddball Italian expats drag him into a series of misadventures that'll make him revaluate…
Nudo Mixteco
The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca where the three stories intersect.
Fausto
On the Oaxacan coast of Mexico rumblings of previous times are never far from the surface. Tales of shapeshifting telepathy and dealings with the Devil are embedded in the colonization and enslavement of the Americas.…
Feral
The mountains of Oaxaca harbor the remains of a ravaged and burnt shelter once home to a psychoanalyst priest who used it to look after savage children trying to re-integrate them into society. Through videotape diaries…
The Earthquake Machine
The Earthquake Machine tells the story of 14 year-old Rhonda. On the outside, everything looks perfect in Rhonda's world but at home Rhonda has to deal with a manipulative father who keeps her mentally ill mother hooked…
Brigand: Oaxaca
Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. The story will take you from a banana plantation to dark toxic caverns, to the sprawling city of Pochutla, to the flooded coastline, to…
Corazón Oaxaqueño
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