The Plot
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The Sounds of Terror
Our ears reveal what our eyes don’t perceive. With a sound we can tell if danger is near or far, if what lurks the path is large. Even deafening silence gives us signals…
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The Ridiculous Idea of Never Seeing You Again
The ridiculous ideas are a decalogue of things classifiable as ridiculous because they’re inconceivable, incalculable, and unbearable. It’s inspired by Rosa Montero’s book The Ridiculous Idea of Never Seeing You Again, which addresses…
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The Fall by Albert Camus
Annulment of goodness is a narrative inspired by The Fall by Albert Camus, in which, through a role reversal between Cain and Abel, we discuss humanity, the figure of God, morality, and the…
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It’s Okay to Dream, It’s Okay to Travel in Rockets
Ray Bradbury has transcended and inspired generations of readers to dream, because it’s okay to dream, it’s okay to travel in rockets. Because it’s okay to go beyond, it’s okay to think and…
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Those Who Don’t Sleep NASH
What ancestral secrets hide in places where no one wants to look? In the Quiet Valleys of Navarra, forensic psychologist Nash Elizondo descends into the Legarrea chasm to document a legend about witchcraft.…
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Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions
Crude phrases, but loaded with sincerity, accompany Bukowski’s thought and writing. As he said, “I like broken minds”—surely his was one of them. His texts are certainly anecdotal and autobiographical. The structure proposes…
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Cavernous Breathing
What is my name? is a short story inspired by Cavernous Breathing by Samanta Schweblin that begins by placing us on a street looking toward a window where a mother asks a question,…
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The Last Heartbeat
If only the darkness would stop calling me, in my last heartbeat. If only the edge of that voice didn’t cut me, perhaps I could move forward in my life. But no, it’s…
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Can a thirteen-year-old girl turn her worst nightmare into the most powerful voice against oblivion? Anne Frank didn’t just survive in the pages of her diary: she conquered eternity by writing letters to…
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Call Me Ishmael, Moby Dick
I found no better way to begin a text about a white whale that travels the oceans and surprises friends and strangers every time it emerges to the surface. The ideal title, which…
