VÍCTOR MANUEL ARRCASTE

Víctor Manuel Arrcaste was born in Chile on December 29, 1977. Being the eldest son of Marta and Manuel (followed by his siblings Rodolfo and Leyla), he spent his childhood in the central region of his country. As an adult, he went through an important 21-year working period in his nation’s Armed Forces, serving most of that time in Naval Aviation. In 2015, he processed his retirement, marking the most significant change in his life by joining various companies in the areas of Operations and Supervision, without neglecting the countless jobs and trades he worked in whenever his financial situation required it.

Although he had already made a first, bland attempt at writing science fiction during his free time (a draft he started in 2003 and still keeps on his computer), it was his father's passing in 2022 that reactivated and sparked in him the need to write. That’s how, in 2025, he managed to capture the pain of his loss in writing through the self-publication of "With You, Bread and Onion," a life story in which he sought to immortalize his parents' story of suffering and overcoming, giving them special recognition. Almost simultaneously, he self-publishes "Seven Short Stories of Suspense and Horror," a literary experiment he began on his social media that he dared to self-publish, fully immersing him in the genres of horror, paranormal suspense, and life stories. His latest work, "The Fourth Grave" (2026), allows him to dive even deeper into the genre, pushing his creativity, visualization of domestic situations, and readers' endurance to the limit.

Currently, with a project in development ("I’ll Take Care of You") and another already being worked on in his imagination ("Sanatorium"), V.M. Arrcaste continues battling against everything to grow and develop as a writer who seeks to show the world that fear, terror, and suspense that’s out there, that everyone knows exists, but people haven’t wanted to acknowledge as such, even though they suffer it daily... and will continue to suffer it.

Nowadays, he continues living in Chile close to his mother and his children, doing what a son and a father have to do, but above all, he keeps writing, which is what he has always wanted to do the most.