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Johanny Ortega
FICTION: Horror
Sub-Genres:
Psychological horror, magical realism, social horror
Branch Affiliation:
Army
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Blurb:
When Marisol Espinal returns to her small Ohio hometown, mirrors whisper, cigar smoke drifts through empty rooms, and something ancient calls from Hallowthorn Hill. To end her family’s curse, she must reclaim the Dominican magic buried by generations of silence and face the ghost that still waits for her.
Tropes:
The curse ends with her, Mother-daughter reconciliation, “She’s not crazy” narrative, Dual timelines (past and present bleed together), Small-town secrets
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