Evil In The Swamp Evil in the Swamp takes place during the 1950s in Santurce, Puerto Rico. During this period, El Fangito, as it was called, was home to some of the poorest people on the island. It was rife with poverty, disease, crime and despair. Most of the people were indigent and had nowhere else to live. Some were so poor they could not afford even the lowest rents, some even built their own homes from scavenged items. To add to the misery of the people, the area was like a swamp. Water flooded the entire area, making getting around difficult. Nonetheless people lived there under these conditions. This story centers on a young couple, an uneducated teenage girl who has just borne a baby girl, and the father of her baby, an abusive drunk. During this time machismo defined the lives of these people. The men controlled the women and, the purse strings and did basically as they pleased. The women were at the mercy of these men. Such is the life of Awilda, who has no one to help her escape the brutality of her existence. Santeria and voodoo where practiced during this time, and because of lack of medical services people relied on healers and witches to cure them of illnesses and to avenge any perceived injustices. There were said to be many witches in the swamp community. One witch in particular was said to be the most powerful of all and was the most feared. Jose, the protagonist in the story, is a drunk and a bully. One night Jose incurs the wrath of the evil witch and the entire community is terrorized as they witness her power and rage. Terror in Brooklyn This takes place in the mid- sixties and involves a young, single woman with a small daughter who has the ability to see the dead. She has had this ability since she was her daughters age, and though it has caused scary moments, she is totally unprepared for what happens when she moves into a new apartment with a dark history. People say sometimes places harbor evil if something evil has happened there. They say evil lurks where it is allowed to fester. The young mother realizes from the start that there is something there in the apartment, something not quite right, but because of her situation, her desperation to have her own place, she ignores the feelings that have warned her in the past to be on guard, to be aware of something. She has vivid dreams of being stalked and suffers attacks at the hands of something evil, something she cannot see. She is horrified when she finally sees what is after her, when she sees the entity that resides in her new home. The attacks on her become more violent as the evil entity seeks to destroy her until finally her life hangs in the balance. Will she survive?