For fans of Mexican Gothic and The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, The Ordinary Bruja is a psychological horror and magical realism novel about grief, ancestral secrets, Dominican brujería, and one woman’s fight to reclaim the magic her family tried to bury.
When strange messages appear in mirrors, and the scent of cigar smoke follows her through her small Ohio hometown, Marisol Espinal must confront the ghosts of her past, the truth about her mother’s death, and the family curse waiting for her on Hallowthorn Hill.
Her family buried the magic. Now it wants out.
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Join me at Slasher Market for a killer evening of horror, dark storytelling, and spooky local vendors. I’ll be bringing signed copies of my adult psychological horror novel, The Ordinary Bruja, a haunting story of grief, inherited trauma, family secrets, and the terrifying power buried within one woman’s ancestral legacy. When Marisol Espinal returns to the […]
Step into the spooky season with Johanny Ortega at the Macabre Mysterium Market during Zombie Crawl 2026 in Vista, California. This evening market will bring together horror lovers, local vendors, […]
Join Johanny Ortega, author of The Ordinary Bruja, at the Twentynine Palms Book Festival from November 13–15, 2026. This will be the first public event appearance for The Ordinary Bruja, a Dominican gothic horror novel about messy family dynamics, inherited magic, grief, silence, and the kind of haunting that begins long before the ghost […]
Join Dominican-American author Johanny Ortega at NovelCon 2027, a large multi-author book signing and bookish marketplace in Scottsdale, Arizona. Hosted by Readers of the Valley and Bookish Becca Co., NovelCon […]