"¿Qué es un fantasma? Un evento terrible condenado a repetirse una y otra vez. Un instante de dolor quizás. Algo muerto que parece por momentos vivo aún. Un sentimiento suspendido en el tiempo, como una fotografía borrosa, como un insecto atrapado en ámbar. Un fantasma, eso soy yo"
The Devil's Backbone/ Guillermo del Toro/2001
Historias de Fantasmas fue escrito con la intención, no de horrorizar a quién lo lee, sino de sumir en cuántas dudas sean posibles al lector. ¿Qué es un fantasma, al fin y al cabo? ¿Alguien que vivió y murió? ¿Algo que nunca tocó la fina capa de la realidad? ¿Un ente diabólico, encomendado a torturar a los mortales? ¿Un alma que se perdió camino al cielo, al purgatorio, al otro mundo, dimensión o adónde sea que se vaya? ¿Todos nos volvemos fantasmas o sólo aquellos afortunados que nunca son olvidados una vez muertos?
Y lo más importante, ¿Se debe temer más a los muertos que a los vivos?
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Sometimes love is the strongest magic of all
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Nineteen-year-old Rhia Greenbrook has lived in the sleepy town of Oakriver in a house with three generations of witches her entire life. Rhia draws her magic from the earth and likes to spend her time amongst plants and nature. Her practice is gentle, sacred, and-per her family's tradition-secret.
New-to-town witch Valerie Morgan is looking for answers about her mother's disappearance from Oakriver seventeen years ago. Without her mother's guidance, Valerie has cultivated her fire magic on her own and she makes no effort to keep her powers hidden. Although Rhia is immediately annoyed by Valerie's blatant use of magic, she can't deny the instant magnetism between them.
But amidst their magical connection, a dark presence looms over Oakriver. Unsettling visions from Rhia's grandmother and dangerous sleepwalking episodes throw into question Valerie's past and what role her presence plays in the strange happenings. And as Valerie gets tangled up further into the darkness, it's up to Rhia to tap into the full potential of her power in order to save the town she loves and the girl she's fallen for.