The Bewitching: folk horror meets dark academia in this thrilling supernatural mystery from the bestselling...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Bewitching

folk horror meets dark academia in this thrilling supernatural mystery from the bestselling...

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Arcadia Books
17 July 2025

Horror & ghost stories; Fantasy

Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

'Moreno-Garcia is a deft enchantress - this is a ghost story in high Gothic style' - M.L. Rio, author of If We Were Villains

'Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches': that was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva - stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that's why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

In the course of assembling her thesis, Minerva uncovers information that reveals that Tremblay's most famous novel, The Vanishing, was inspired by a true story: decades earlier, during the Great Depression, Tremblay attended the same university where Minerva is now studying and became obsessed with her beautiful and otherworldly roommate, who then disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

As Minerva descends ever deeper into Tremblay's manuscript, she begins to sense that the malign force that stalked Tremblay and the missing girl might still walk the halls of the campus. These disturbing events also echo the stories Nana Alba told about her girlhood in 1900s Mexico, where she had a terrifying encounter with a witch.

Minerva suspects that the same shadow that darkened the lives of her great-grandmother and Beatrice Tremblay is now threatening her own in 1990s Massachusetts. An academic career can be a punishing pursuit, but it might turn outright deadly when witchcraft is involved.

Readers love The Bewitching . . .

'An absolute masterpiece' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Hauntingly addictive' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Feels like being put under a spell' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Evocative and chilling' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Gothic fiction at its finest' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Had me enthralled from the first page until the last' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Blew my expectations out of the water . . . This may be the best gothic horror book of 2025' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Imprint: Arcadia Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 574g
ISBN: 9781529441703
ISBN 10: 1529441706
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 17 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of the novels The Seventh Veil of Salome, Silver Nitrate, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and a bunch of other books. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (aka Cthulhu's Daughters). She has been nominated for the Locus Award for her work as an editor and has won the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award for her work as a novelist. silviamoreno-garcia.com Instagram: silviamg.author

Reviews for The Bewitching: folk horror meets dark academia in this thrilling supernatural mystery from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic

Remarkably gripping, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Bewitching is a gorgeous, propulsive tale of witchcraft across the generations. This is a novel of eerie beauty, a book you won't want to turn your back on * J.M. Miro, author of ORDINARY MONSTERS * A stunning story about the power of generational knowledge and proves that if there is any danger to be found in magic, it lies solely in the person who wields it. By gently leading readers through different time periods, places, and perspectives, Silvia Moreno-Garcia shows just how a story can be a spell - one I was happy to be under * Jessica Johns, author of BAD CREE * The Bewitching is un embrujo espectacular - a harrowing, multi-generational saga that possesses and devours anyone who reads it. Moreno-Garcia deftly weaves together a lush folk horror, basement-of-the-soul nightmare and an atmospheric mystery, in this intoxicating tale of Minerva, her great-grandmother, Alba, and a legacy of women destined to cross the paths of witches. Dazzling. Terrifying. Sumptuous. This is a ""finish in one sitting"" story that won't let you go long after you've closed the book * Marcela Fuentes, author of MALAS * Spooky and sophisticated . . . Moreno-Garcia toggles between the gothic, über-privileged world of Stoneridge and the harsh reality of life in Alba's Mexican village, keeping readers in the dark about how they connect, and then pulls the threads together in a searing finale. It's as unsettling as it is unputdownable * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *