![]() but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her.Īs they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristán might just find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies. Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives – even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. And she’s all but invisible to her best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even though she’s been in love with him since childhood. She’s a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (aka. Moreau, Velvet Was the Night, Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and a bunch of other books. ![]() ![]() In this gothic horror story set in Mexico City in 1992, we meet Montserrat and her childhood best friend Tristan. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of the novels The Daughter of Dr. A breathtaking blend of Mexican horror movies and dark occultism from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Silvia Moreno-Garcia always turns out fantastic novels and Silver Nitrate is no exception. ![]()
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