The Shoemaker's Magician (Chicago Saga, 2) by Cynthia Pelayo
Can movies truly be cursed? What does horror truly mean? What truly makes a monster?
Paloma Ramos is an internet horror host obsessed with all things horror. Growing out of a house of horrors of her own, Paloma found respite in movies and her neighborhood's local theater. Now she is working on her dissertation on the horror host and wants to interview famed local horror host Grand Vespertilio. But the history of the horror host isn't what Paloma truly wants to talk to Grand about. When she was still a teenager, Paloma experienced two life-changing things. Paloma and her brother performed a ritual and Paloma watched a cursed film that seemed to come alive. Paloma knows in her gut that Grand can tell her not only if that movie is real, but if magick is real.
Paloma's inquiries take on an urgency when her husband, Sebastian, is put on the murder case of a woman who was mutilated and left with a poster for the cursed film on the stage of the Chicago Theater. Bit by bit this case becomes more intertwined with Paloma and Sebastian's lives and the life of their young son.
Author Cynthia Pelayo's love and deep knowledge of Chicago and the horror genre shines through her writing. While at times confusing, The Shoemaker's Magician will richly reward readers with a twisted tale.
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