title: Brujas, Bultos Y Brasas: Tales of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the Pecos Valley (English and Spanish Edition)
author: Nasario Garcia
description: In the mountain villages at the headwaters of the Picos River, universal elements of magic, ghosts, devils, witches, curses and enchantment are played out.
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  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  First, I’ll thank everyone who contributed to this book: my husband, Andres,
  who read the first draft; my agent, Laura Bradford, who didn’t think she’d
  like it (then she did); and of course, the wonderful Ivette, who gently
  corrected my Spanish. I also can’t forget the talented staff at Roc. Once
  again, Anne Sowards has turned my coal into a diamond.
  
  
  Next, I should mention the people of Mexico, who charmed and informed me. I
  did my best to capture the magic of living as an expatriate in Mexico City.
  Many of Corine’s observations come filtered through my eyes. There’s a rich
  tapestry of belief in the supernatural running in an odd lockstep alongside
  Catholicism, and people are generally more accepting of the mystical and/or
  inexplicable there. There is a whole town of witches and warlocks in Catemaco.
  In fact, there’s a precendent for the cartels hiring _brujos_ to work hexes as
  they would hit men to kill. I tried to be true to the many stories I heard
  from 