Lotería (micro cuento)
–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…
The Dragon’s Den
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…
A Rainbow for a Rainy Day
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
The Plebiscite by: Maricel Jiménez Peña
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…
La Gran Muralla de la Ciudad Corazón
©2013 Maricel Jiménez Peña. Derechos reservados. Llevaba tres días caminando por una carretera angosta y sin pavimentar. No había letreros, pero una señora…
Running
I was running; running as fast as my short legs could take me. But they burned with exhaustion. My knees buckled and I stumbled…
The Way of Togetherness
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…
The Uninhabited House (translation from Spanish: La Casa Deshabitada)
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…
La Casa Deshabitada
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…