Stories rooted in the Mariana Islands – where history, spirits, and the sea remember.
Paranormal and mythic fiction grounded in CHamoru folklore, island belief, and lived history.
Award-winning novels by M. K. Aleja
Rooted in CHamoru Folklore
These stories draw from CHamoru folklore, oral tradition, and island history – where ancestral spirits, sacred places, and the natural world are inseparable from daily life.
In the Mariana Islands, the past is not distant. It moves through the land, the sea, and the living. What is remembered is protected. What is forgotten does not disappear.
A Shared Story World
While each story stands on its own, they are bound by a shared mythological framework shaped by CHamoru belief, ancestral presence, and the enduring influence of history.
Across different islands, eras, and lives, unseen forces persist—guiding, testing, and sometimes demanding a reckoning. The supernatural is not separate from the world here. It moves through it, shaped by memory, faith, and the choices of the living.
- Stories spanning multiple historical periods
- Supernatural forces rooted in island belief and spiritual law
- Themes of legacy, resistance, faith, and survival
Guardians of the Latte Stones
Historical Paranormal Thriller
Set during the Japanese occupation of Guam, Guardians of the Latte Stones confronts real historical atrocities through a supernatural lens—where ancestral spirits are stirred to act when human cruelty crosses a line.
Grounded in lived history and cultural memory, the novel explores violence, survival, and moral reckoning, depicting a world in which the spirits do not remain silent in the face of evil.
The Makåna’s Legacy
Mythic Paranormal Thriller
Drawing deeply from CHamoru folklore and spiritual tradition, The Makåna’s Legacy follows a young man marked by ancestral light as a long-silenced lineage reawakens.
Set against real places and moments familiar to the CHamoru diaspora, the story blends contemporary life with ancient belief—where inherited power is inseparable from responsibility, faith, and the unseen forces that endure across generations.