Short stories of a long journey

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  • In the cold streets

    In the cold streets

      Night had already fallen in the cold streets of the downtown Bogotá’s Candelaria Quarter. The wind blew, invading the nooks and crannies found in its arbitrary and turbulent path. The corner          Barrio de la Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia  It found its way into the marrow of the occasional passerby, who fought back…

  • Death and Time

    The Rectory’s façade           Universidad Autónoma de México, México   If I had to bet my money on either Death or Time: I would place it all on the second one of them. This I can say without a trace of doubt in my mind.     I’ve never run into a stiff.…

  • And when she smiles

        In this address that I’ve written down here, go in and ask for María.   Say hello to her, on my behalf   and you shall see that when she smiles everything is transformed. Stories                In Spanish                How to buy …

  • In the calm morning hours

      Board a plane towards the south and keep on going until you arrive to the city of Buenos Aires,   preferably in the calm morning hours. But not necessarily, maybe this part is just sentimental.   Stories                In Spanish                How to…

  • Southward bound

        (¡Hurrays and general applause from the public) The city wakes up          Medellín City, Antioquia, Colombia   “Take this bus to the Capital   and from there to the airport” Stories                In Spanish                How to buy …

  • In search of new horizons

      “Listen up everybody: for anyone that’s feeling quite bold, Seen from the park          Filadelfia, Caldas, Colombia and is also interested, expressing the drive and determination to go forth in pursuit of new horizons;    in just a few hours, they will achieve what has taken me a lifetime.”   Stories   …

  • 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…

  • The ten o’clock bus

    “And I have to go;   because, I leave on the ten o’clock bus to the Capital, for tomorrow,   and I must be at the airport to board a plane that will take me to the destination; I have told you that I discovered.”   Stories                In…

  • How different this Sunday

      How different this night,      when on Sundays they traditionally swapped the hot gossips of the moment, would criticize de local politicians,   chat about the crops and the always present possibilities of rains for the next week.     Stories                In Spanish       …