The Ghostly Rider and Other Chilling stories

by Hernan Moreno-Hinojosa

Fiction. Short Stories. Children. Hernan Moreno-Hinojosa has appered in various magazines and print media and was recently awarded a Letter of Commendation for his work as a Metro Policeman in Houston, Texas where he lives. In this debut collection of stories of the bizarre, the folk legends of a community raise their heads, sometimes even from the grave. The spooks are all Lady Death, the Ghostly Rider, and their other dead--and in some cases deadly--friends. Hernan Moreno-Hinjosa threads together the cuentos viejos (old stories) told by the fire in the shadows of "el desierto muerto," the region of South Texas known to many as the dead desert and the source of many chilling tales.

82 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[Reba · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an interesting little collection. Some of the stories are similar to those found in the Patrick Mendoza collection Between Midnight and Morning; Which makes sense, when you consider they both contain supernatural stories from Hispanic cultures. The stories in this collection almost seem geared towards read aloud with younger groups. They are simplistic and not very scary. But then again, I am reading them as a 36-year old in the light of day...