Category Archives: Flash Fiction

¿adónde están?

Nosotros eramos afortunados.  Cuando era niña empezaron a llegar unos trabajadores sociales que provenían  de México y España.  Más que todo, llegaban a decirles a los padres de familia cuals deficiencias tenían sus hijos.  Supuestamente se los llevaban a un … Continue reading

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a nadie le importó-English

The United States came to País Bravo to “help” us find our disappeared relatives.  Obviously after all of the horrible things that had happened here, most people didn’t trust us to handle our own affairs.  I was 19 years old … Continue reading

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a nadie le importó

Los Estados Unidos llegó a País Bravo para “ayudarnos” a buscar a nuestros desaparecidos.  Obvio, después de todas las desgracias que habíamos pasado, la mayoría del mundo no nos confiaba para poder arreglar nuestros propios asuntos.  En ese año yo … Continue reading

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“She has no idea how to cooperate with her classmates and spends all her time doodling or picking a fight about Europe or the Native Americans, or some such thing.  She also sleeps when she’s not supposed to but doesn’t … Continue reading

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open forum-II

There had been no school in days and I really missed my friends.  That was the only bad thing about being an only child, there was usually no one to play with.  My parents were nice, but their idea of … Continue reading

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open forum

My parents were both very happy.  I had just turned eight years old and hadn’t had an asthma attack in months.  When the Liberation Front took over several towns, things had been peachy.  Usos y costumbres* had been implemented as … Continue reading

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Engineers of the Imagination

When you were a child, did you ever wonder if the people inside your television set actually lived inside that box and only came alive when you turned it on?  Well, here in the fifth dimension, they really do live … Continue reading

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untitled (on war)

When I was in college everything was insane.  The leftist guerrilla army would often shut down the school until the government met their demands.  I tried not to involve myself in any of it because frankly, I didn’t care what … Continue reading

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what I wanted to tell you

I think one of the worst things in the world is having no control over what you say or when you say it.  Have you every met someone with Tourette’s Syndrome?  I’m kind of like that, except backwards.  The flashing … Continue reading

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untitled (on sacrifices)

Corn was the food of the gods, that is why we would give the gods our best harvest.  We wanted to keep them from becoming angry at us.  And yes, once in a while we did remove a heart from … Continue reading

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