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Lotería (micro cuento)

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:March 7, 2019
  • Post category:Original Fiction/Spanish/Values
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–Abuelo, mira lo que encontré en la gaveta. Le enseñé el billete de lotería por pura costumbre. Realmente no esperaba ninguna reacción particular pues ya él no estaba aquí. El…

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The Dragon’s Den

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:April 5, 2016
  • Post category:English/Original Fiction/Writing
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In response to Chuck Wendig's recent Flash Fiction Challenge: The Dragon, here's a short story inspired on his prompt. ©2016. Maricel Jiménez. All rights reserved. As she walked past the…

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A Rainbow for a Rainy Day

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:January 8, 2016
  • Post category:English/Original Fiction/Writing
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JD Estrada approached me with a fun prompt and this is the story that emerged.  Enjoy! https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JDEstrada/posts/QbqYLY9eRmY

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The Plebiscite by: Maricel Jiménez Peña

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:June 23, 2015
  • Post category:English/Original Fiction/Politics/Writing
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Text Copyright © 1998 Maricel Jiménez Peña. All rights reserved. On July 25 1998, the governor of Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Rosselló, announced to his people that he would hold…

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La Gran Muralla de la Ciudad Corazón

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:March 2, 2015
  • Post category:Original Fiction/Spanish/Writing
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©2013 Maricel Jiménez Peña. Derechos reservados.                Llevaba tres días caminando por una carretera angosta y sin pavimentar. No había letreros, pero una señora…

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Running

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:October 25, 2014
  • Post category:English/Original Fiction/Writing
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             I was running; running as fast as my short legs could take me. But they burned with exhaustion. My knees buckled and I stumbled…

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The Way of Togetherness

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:October 21, 2014
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Amy walked out the automatic doors of the baggage claim area, wishing she could somehow wake up and all of it would have been a horrible nightmare, but as she…

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The Uninhabited House (translation from Spanish: La Casa Deshabitada)

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:October 30, 2013
  • Post category:English/Original Fiction/Writing
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The house stood at the top of a hill. Although the ad promised “plenty of rooms, grand living spaces, balconies and a large patio,” it was huge; much more than…

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La Casa Deshabitada

  • Post author:mariceljimenez
  • Post published:October 29, 2013
  • Post category:Original Fiction/Spanish/Writing
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 La casa estaba trepada al tope de una cuesta.  Aunque el anuncio prometía: “muchos cuartos, salas grandes, balcones y un patio gigante,” era enorme; mucho más de lo que me…

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