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Category: Fiction

  • Alboroto y la alfombra mágica

    500 words in Spanish about the power of imagination.

  • IV. Enantes

    The final installment in my St. Ignatian Quartet, a short story in Spanish about reconciliation between my high school classmates in Puerto Rico, circa 1980.

  • II. Una cara amistad

    El Santo está brillando hebilla con Tutti en una sola loseta al son de “More Than a Woman to Me.” Los espío desde detrás de una de las columnas del Disco Casino. ¡Me han traicionado!   Esta mañana, El Santo y yo salimos en las camellas cosa de parar un momento en Stereo Warehouse para…

  • III. Over the Falls

    A short story written in my high school surf Spanglish about overcoming obstacles and riding the waves that life throws at us.

  • II. Una cara amistad

    A short story about friendship and betrayal in my high school Spanish, circa 1979.

  • I. Volando bajito

    A short story written in the style of my highschool Spanish, in homage to a lost friend that me and my buddies continue to miss. Any resemblance to a person or to real life is purely coincidental.

  • The Games of Monkey Island

    CHAPTER 11 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns the origin of his family’s passion.

  • Telenovela Dreams

    CHAPTER 10 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that life isn’t a Soap opera.

  • Capsized at the Governor’s Beach

    CHAPTER 9 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that the coconut doesn’t fall far from the palm tree.

  • The Battle of Virgin Gorda

    CHAPTER 8 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where the two sides of Noti’s family do battle, and shorten the life of the marriage.

  • The Dead Boy of Ashford Avenue

    CHAPTER 7 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where bombs go off and shake up Noti and his family.

  • Ghosts of the Alhambra

    CHAPTER 6 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that privilege is temporary, but shame is everlasting.

  • The Fall of Sans-Souci

    CHAPTER 5 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti senses the coming changes to his world during a visit to Haiti.

  • Showdown at the Grand Cinema

    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

    CHAPTER 3 of my unpublished novel 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 unpublished 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 unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, WHERE THE STORY BEGINS.