The Black Beacon Book of Ghosts will send shivers up your spine this Halloween. The Kindle version is already available for pre-order at just $1.99 instead of $3.99 and you can add the anthology to your Goodreads "want to read" list today. The anthology will be officially released on the 11th of October 2024. To get you in the mood and give you a little insight into the workings of their minds, our contributing authors are sharing their own haunting experiences with you. Read on, if you're not fainthearted!
The Legend of La Llorona
My story takes place in the Sandia Mountains, which rise to 10,000 feet above Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rain and snowmelt rush down the western face of the mountains and across the metropolitan area in arroyos, what people call ditches in other parts of the United States. The arroyos are haunted by the ditch witch, La Llorona.
The story has it that once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl named Maria who was married to an older nobleman when she was just a teenager. When Maria heard that her husband was going to leave her for a younger woman from a better family, she went mad with jealousy and took her two kids down to the river to drown them. After she threw them into the rushing water, they cried out to her as they were drowning and she had second thoughts. She tried to reach out to save them, but it was too late. They were swept away by the current, never to be seen again.
It is said that to this day Maria still roams the arroyos and riverbeds, as an old witch, looking for her children and crying out for them, and will snatch up any children who are alone or careless. People have claimed to have actually seen La Llorona, which continues to reinforce the legend.
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