Sarsarita Time
[ Magical Realism Piece ] Sarsarita Time Cristal’s transformation into a mirror began the moment her mother altered their names. When it happened, her mother was so pleased with herself that, after she signed the necessary documents, she patted Cristal’s head and told no one in particular how wonderful her new last name sounded. She … Read more
Revised: “My Brother Ben” Fiction
After a long night of writing, I have finally edited and revised my short story My Brother Ben. It took a long time, and a lot of courage, to look at my writing honestly, distilling the words and images, focusing on what worked and what didn’t. Here’s the beginning scene of the story. Let me … Read more
Flash Fiction | 1
[ Untitled / Unfinished ] The morning came to Ana Marie like a wave. It overcame her slowly, as if whenever she woke up, she lifted her head out of the water. It was no normal thing, she thought, to wake up feeling like the world was a dream and sleep was the world. She rubbed her … Read more
The Salt in the Snails
[ The Salt in the Snails ] My father found us sleeping on the backyard’s steps, next to the pink and green back door. It was late at night, or early morning, and his eyes were swelling with a deep kind of redness and his nose was covered with dried up blood. He picked us up … Read more
Her Eyes Round Like Coconuts
[ Her Eyes Round Like Coconuts ] It happened years ago when we sat at the banks of the river mouth. Back then, tossing empty coconut shells was our pastime, our hobby; the thing that got us through the grueling days of patching up rooftops for our old man’s carpenter shop. We were brothers, Kona and … Read more
