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Category: Fiction

  • The Dead Boy of Ashford Avenue

    Mami was downstairs, in La Fortaleza’s formal dining room, having dinner with Abuelo Beto and his guests. After Abuela Cita passed away, we spent more time in La Fortaleza and often stayed overnight. The bedrooms of the mansion were old, windowless, and dark. They were furnished with antique beds, chairs, and chests of drawers. Ceiling…

  • Ghosts of the Alhambra

    Chapter 6 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce (“Ghosts of the Alhambra”), where Noti learns that privilege is temporary, but shame is everlasting.

  • The Fall of Sans-Souci

    Check out Chapter 5 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce (“The Fall of Sans-Souci”), where Noti senses the coming changes to his world during a visit to Haiti.

  • Showdown at the Grand Cinema

    Check out Chapter 4 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Tomás teaches Noti a queer way of fighting and defending against bullies.

  • Lost in the Swiss Alps

    Read Chapter 3 of Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti gets lost in the woods and learns lessons in self-reliance.

  • The Children’s Choir

    Chapter 2 of my novel Supernova: the Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce.. Where Noti joins a children’s choir with unexpected consequences for his family.

  • The Ojeda House

    Chapter 1 of my novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce