Complete short stories or excerpts thereof.
A cool benefit of being an indie author comes through the avability to try new covers at will and see if that helps you connect with new readers. After all, though we like to think the book’s content rules, we do have to acknowledge that an eBook, especially, does get judged by its cover. Lately […]
UPDATE: You can get a free copy of this story and two others by downloading the free Voice of the Mute Tales, Volume 1 for Kindle or EPUB readers. You can also get a free copy of The Ignored when you subscribe to my mail list. To stoke your interest, I include an excerpt below. […]
If I may blow the punchline short stories aren’t long enough. Not long enough to develop a character, not long enough to have a fully resolved conflict, not long enough to fully unveil a world. They’re fun, and I’ve read some good ones, but for this writer, they just don’t have enough calories. Or I […]
Now that Pink Ballerina has been out dancing for a while, would you like to learn a little more about Andre Esperanza’s past? Some of you may have read an excerpt for an early draft of Active Shooter. Within a few days, I will be releasing a revised and fuller version of this short story, […]
Though I know I didn’t announce it, I decided to release Voice of the Mute Tales, Volume 2, a collection of 3 short stories portraying slices and vignettes from the life of a boy growing up in Cuba. Semi-autobiographical in nature, these episodes relay some of my experiences as a young Cuban boy making my […]
Mom stuffs the grocery list, the coupon book and money into my shirt pocket and hands me the scratchy burlap sack for lugging the goods home. Before going to the market, I best get to the barbershop, she says and adds that my hair has gotten long, so the haircut has to happen today, and […]
I’ve just posted new short story titled Active Shooter. Check it out and let me know what you think. Synopsis: Andre Esperanza graples with the unwanted fame his intervention to halt a terrorist attack brings him. He reluctantly grants a network interview, only to have the reporter snoop into parts of his life he’s long […]
I’ve just posted new SciFi short story titled Emergence. Check it out and let me know what you think. Synopsis: Two cognizant, self-aware expeditionary robots descend to earth on an expedition to recover lost records and other archeological evidence that may shed light on their origins. Their directive precludes them from contact with the remnant […]
