Los Perdidos
By paborama
Extracts from a novella about a community of Puerto Rican exiles in the humid heat of the South
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Harboring a Criminal
The car shot out the junction on Slint like a pistol slug, cornering just in time to avoid two delivery trucks in convoy delivering tobacco leaves to...
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I Dreamt You Made Me
Maria could not remember the song her brother had taught her. She remembered the way he had placed her fingers upon the guitar frets, pushing the...
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Miguel
He owns the sidewalk, dominates it with a heat and a piercing gaze that no hooligan, no bandito, no cheeky toddler can surmount.
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Monkeys
And they’re there. Loose. Panning for gold by the traffic lights, arms outstretched like they were fifteen years before in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Rico's Business
The bus pulled away from the kerb. Rico smiled, confused. He'd waited. The bus drew-up. The driver scratched. No-one got off. Rico spent the two...
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Taranta
A gentle breeze lightened the heat of noon. The tiny hairs on the back of her arms tingled with delight at being outdoors.
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The Wheel of Death
There is a period between sleeping and no longer sleeping where your dreams continue and you live in a different state. Nightmare dreams become...
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