The most complete book ever compiled of ghost stories from across the State. Includes firsthand accounts of hauntings and apparitions from well known towns and cities like Taos and Albuquerque, as well as tales of the supernatural from New Mexico's lesser known villages and Native American Pueblos.
New Mexico Ghost Stories represents a complex, meticulously crafted body of work. Rather than stories handed down from one generation to another, these are accounts from individuals who have had direct one on one encounters with spirits. The stories are organized by state, city and refer to specific, familiar locations.
About the author: Antonio R. Garcez's maternal grandfather was a Mescalero Apache from southern New Mexico who had attended the Santa Fe Indian school in his youth. His paternal grandmother was Otomi Indian. With this cultural background, Garcez developed a traditional knowledge to be "cautious and respectful towards spirits, folk healers, witches and forces considered to be paranormal in origin."
While assembling the research for his book, Garcez easily won the trust of fellow Native Americans, Hispanics, and locals. Garcez's personal literary sensitivities to nuances, cultural insights, and distinct stylistic writing adds to complete this process The research offers a comprehensive overview of our relationship with the afterlife, and equally celebrates it.
A winner of New Mexico's 2008 Turquoise Book Award, Garcez currently lives and continues to write from his mountain top home in New Mexico.