The Time I Led A Code at the Airport
The strangest thing I see is the transition between deadness and aliveness, the way this man’s face gets filled again as though with something. Continue reading The Time I Led A Code at the Airport
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Una abuelita suicida
Crónica, por Iris Mónica Vargas Había decidido tomar un rato para contemplar el mar, y me detuve en aquella playa por ser la más cercana a donde me encontraba. Buscaba un poco de serenidad en la tarde de un día que había estado lleno de eventualidades. En la noche llovería muy fuerte. Por ahora las nubes engordaban lentamente, se pintaban de negro y picaban al … Continue reading Una abuelita suicida
Little White Lie
She was desperate to remember… she was scared by the certainty that time would take with it the details of him that still lived in her mind, and that so much life would be reduced to a stupid photograph. Continue reading Little White Lie
Lidia
Cuando teníamos seis años, Lidia existía. Continue reading Lidia
Mama’s gonna buy you a mocking bird
First I said nothing. Then, “Sure Ma, I’ll do it.” I waited a beat. “But don’t you think we will be suspicious, running out of here at two a.m., you in your robe, carrying a lung machine?” She didn’t think so. Continue reading Mama’s gonna buy you a mocking bird
Stethoscopes & Pencils 