Vol. 1: After the untimely death of her mother, anxious but whipsmart teen Rita Flores moves with her father to her mother's hometown in the Arizona desert, to live with an eccentric elderly aunt. Rita discovers a dark family secret. EL CUCUY, the Latinx Boogeyman, isn't a fairy tale-he's real and tormenting this bordertown until he gets what he wants. Is Rita the only one who stands in his way?
Rita is in for a shock when her widower father packs them up and moves them to the desert to live with an eccentric aunt in a creepy border town. Then she learns about the town's "curse" and her troubles are only just beginning.