Tides / Marea: Short Short Stories / Microrelatos

This short short stories collection, ranging from realism to magical realism, from in-depth psychological study to mystery and ghost stories, is replete with surprise endings, plot twists, concerns with the supernatural and with philosophical ideas. There are twenty-seven stories in English, twenty-three in Spanish; nineteen of these are rendered by the author in both languages. Narrators and protagonists are quite varied - from children to seniors. Themes deal with life changing decisions, reactions to special circumstances, and in essence relationships. Are you willing to dabble in the surreal of lo cotidiano (daily life)? You will stimulate your thought, be entertained with humor and irony, and even teach yourself to enjoy another language. High school and college teachers may use these stories, which are short, but have literary quality and provoke discussion, for their classes. Prez Agust who intended to publish four of the author's stories said about these '...se ha resaltado la capacidad de evocacin, la recreacin de ambientes, el fino anlisis psicolgico de los personajes y la fluidez narrativa...' ('...what comes forth is the capacity of evocation, the creation of atmospheres, the fine psychological analysis of the characters and the fluidity of the narration...')