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Title: PseudoPod 723: Silver as the Devil’s Necklace
Post by: Bdoomed on September 29, 2020, 02:14:19 PM
PseudoPod 723: Silver as the Devil’s Necklace (https://pseudopod.org/2020/09/25/pseudopod-723-silver-as-the-devils-necklace/)

Author: Isabel Cañas (https://pseudopod.org/people/isabel-canas/)
Narrator: Sandra Espinoza (https://pseudopod.org/people/sandra-espinoza/)
Host: Alasdair Stuart (https://pseudopod.org/people/alasdair-stuart/)
Audio Producer: Chelsea Davis (https://pseudopod.org/people/chelsea-davis/)

PseudoPod 723: Silver as the Devil’s Necklace is a PseudoPod original.



Show Notes
La Llorona Wiki Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona

Old Gods of Appalachia
https://www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/

La Llorona Folk Song
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona_(song)



A black wail of wind curls around the house, la Llorona’s cold embrace, as Ruth opens the dresser drawer and takes her father’s pistol. Its weight is an old friend, the handle nestling into her palm like it was made for her. It was already an heirloom when Da brought it to Montana, when he immigrated from the old country in his youth.

It is strictly off limits.

Ruth slams the drawer shut with her free hand. Damp wood scrapes and sticks; the flick of the hurricane candle shudders. The waxy complexion of la Virgen glowers at her as she clicks the pistol open and checks the chamber with trembling hands.

A silver bullet gleams in the flickering light of la Virgencita’s flame. Silver, Da said, was for killing the devils that lurked in the wetlands of the old country. Or so the superstition goes.




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