Silver Kane

"Querida abuelita Fanny" by Silver Kane (1973) is a Spanish-language horror story following Nancy, who begins seeing her grandmother Fanny at age ten, despite Fanny having died in a fire years earlier. Nancy alone perceives these apparitions—her family dismisses them as delusion. The narrative shifts to Dr. Benton's consultation with colleague Dr. Kingston, examining Nancy's case file as she has grown into a young woman. Benton presents observations of the now-twenty-year-old patient, including secret surveillance through hidden mirrors in his office. Nancy's written accounts document continued encounters with the ghostly grandmother across years—at her mother's funeral, in the London subway, and in her home library—each marked by Fanny's inexplicable coldness and prophetic warnings. The doctors debate whether Nancy's experiences represent genuine supernatural encounters or psychological delusion rooted in obsessive fixation on her grandmother's portrait.