Calibre 39

50 extremely short (the longest is three pages) and dark tales. Astonishing transformations and unexpected twists take place: an angel, ill with acrophobia, cannot use his wings and must turn to other forms of transportation; a chess match between a mediocre worker and a tyrant boss changes into a medieval duel; a scientist decimates all the birds in the world while trying to record everything he can about these creatures' behavior. Some of Rubiano Vargas' tales are grouped by themes: five concern the art of writing. In "Sufrimiento" ("Suffering"), for instance, the Muse really exists and is...

Molly Jennings tenía un secreto: era escritora de novelas eróticas con un gran éxito de ventas. Sin embargo, su inspiración se acabó un día por culpa de un exnovio repulsivo y manipulador. Así pues, decidió dejar la ciudad en la que vivía y volver a su pueblo natal, Tumble Creek, en Colorado. Con solo ver al jefe de policía Ben Lawson, uno de los chicos más guapos del instituto, Molly recuperó su musa. Entonces, todo el mundo empezó a chismorrear sobre ella y, peor todavía, un acosador comenzó a vigilar todos y cada uno de sus movimientos. Afortunadamente, el agente de la ley...

Burroughs and Kerouac: Two Outsiders Lost in Mexico This edition comprises two texts that explore the voyages of William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, who traveled to Mexico half a century ago: The Lost Bullet (1995 Malcolm Lowry Prize for Literary Essay) and The Disguise of Innocence. "I have left both texts intact," says Jorge Garca-Robles, "thinking that they were written in a specific time and space, and this makes them irreducible." This book combines, in an admirable and spontaneous manner, the portraits of two sui generis outsiders. Our backdrop consists of deserted landscapes,...

Un año después de resolver los crímenes que aterrorizaron al pueblo del Baztán, la inspectora Amaia Salazar acude embarazada al juicio contra Jasón Medina, el padrastro de Johana Márquez, acusado de violar, mutilar y asesinar a la joven imitando los asesinatos del caso basajaun. Pero, tras el suicidio del acusado, el juicio debe cancelarse y Amaia es reclamada por la policía porque se ha hallado una nota que contiene un escueto e inquietante mensaje: «Tarttalo». Esa sola palabra destapará una trama terrorífica tras la búsqueda de la verdad.

As he deals with the death of his father just before Thanksgiving in 1971, Zack journeys through significant childhood memories. To better understand himself, his father, and their difficult relationship, he revisits some dark and troubling vignettes from his memory. As pieces of the puzzle are revealed on this voyage of discovery and transformation, Zack must face the challenge of whether to reconcile with his past. Set in the years of World War II, Flypaper Dreams explores the thirty-year history of family dynamics and personal growth.