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The Witch Narratives: Book 1
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In New Mexico, witches turn into fireballs and travel by the spark of a flame to race across the sky, like a shooting star. Witch lights the villagers of Madrid call these illuminations. Madrid is nestled in a canyon in the mountains, well hidden by the black smoke of coal mining, a perfect... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- La Llorona: La Llorona is a legendary witch, known by millions of people in North and South America. My parents told me and my siblings about her ghost from the time we were growing up. She is a few centuries old and is sometimes seen staggering near ditches, lakes and rivers, searching for her drowned children. One summer midnight, when I was 13, I heard a crying sounding like it came from beyond the grave. That night, I swear La Llorona walked along the ditch behind my house, tearing her hair out, her heart breaking for her children. The witch’s sadness chilled me to the bone and for two months, terrified me of being alone by myself, even during the day.She was an inspiration for my Witch Narratives and I made her the mother of my covens, The Sisterhood of the Black Rose.
Quotes edit
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“If I had not burned down the church, I could have been a saint, she thought,scoffing. The pope does not look kindly upon destruction of church property.”
La Llorona -
“The faithful believe the color blue splashed around the entry to a home will force a witch to bypass the house, just like the Jewish Passover, when death and pestilence invaded the houses of the Egyptians but not the homes of the Jews, who marked their doors with lamb’s blood.”
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“The rock purred as she tenderly carried it over to the window so it might enjoy the rising sun. She petted it and fed it iron filings, the rock greedily swallowing. It breathed, swallowing drops of water, which she sprinkled on the stone. The knowledge of the piedra imán was ancient and went back to Roman times, where the simple stone magnet was said to possess supernatural power and a life of its own.”
Setting & Locations edit
The village of Madrid, New Mexico, which was once an entirely company-owned, coal-mining operation, totally self-sufficient. Madrid became a ghost town after being advertised in the New York Times and there were no buyers. Gee! I wonder why!
- Madrid
- Albuquerque
- New Mexico
- La India
- Turquoise Trail
- San Cirilio
- San Benito
- Montezuma
- Salia Esperanza
- Spain
- Rodríguez
- New York
- Rio Grande
- Santa
- Europe
First Sentence edit
Her steps were leaden as though La Llorona rose from the dead, which indeed she had.
Glossary edit
- piedra iman: a shape shifting rock, a common lodestone, whose power goes back as far as Roman times.
- penitentes: a secret, fanatical religious group who believe in self-flagellation. They nail a member to the cross every Easter. If he dies, his family has a guarantee into heaven. If he lives...well, he usually doesn't.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- What is really good and what is really evil?: Just because a person is raised as a witch, doesn't mean she's bad. Just because a person is religious, doesn't mean he's good.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 1 in The Witch Narratives. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Belinda Vasquez Garcia (Author)
Subjects edit
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- MagicProse: Official website of the author, Belinda Vasquez Garcia
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