Short stories of a long journey

Tag: Latin America Short stories

  • Silly men

    Silly men

            Silly, you men-so very adept at wrongly faulting womankind, not seeing you’re alone to blame for faults you plant in woman’s mind. After you’ve won by urgent plea the right to tarnish her good name, you still expect her to behave— you, that coaxed her into shame. You batter her resistance…

  • The most beautiful thing in the world

    The most beautiful thing in the world

    “You will find that the Universe is there, present, and right before your eyes.   You will experiment the magic of life, enclosed in her smile,   and maybe like myself, you will not want to miss that Treasure, which represents the Utmost Beauty I have found in all my wanderings…”   “That smile, my…

  • What the treasure is

    Thanks to your patience, happily starting the 31st of January,  the second volume of the series, Cuentos cortos de un largo viaje, will be available:  Buscando tesoros Andares por caminos colombianos meanwhile let´s keep following The treasure to the end… “That I can’t leave without telling you which is the treasure?   My dear gentlemen and my most…

  • A good night and an excellent life

      I wish all of you present here tonight, may you have a good night, and also, an excellent life.   In light of the happy booing and the loud general complaints, widely manifested by the concerted voices of the crowd; he smiled placidly as he showed himself to be satisfied and in an excellent…

  • Close to home

    The balconies          Neira, Caldas Antioquia   “What did you say? No, My Dear Lady! I know it’s not an impossible mission, an unreachable pursuit,”  San Jerónimo  Valley                        San Sebastian Palmitas, Antioquia, Colombia   he exclaimed, smiling widely and turning to face…

  • The most priceless treasure

      You could say that I’m searching for the most valuable treasure that this whole wide world has to offer.   I have seen and admired so many marvelous things,   yet none of these have totally filled me.    The stories                In Spanish         …