Icarus Over Collins
by Hector Duarte, Jr.
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GENRE: Contemporary Fiction (Bilingual Spanish/English)
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BLURB:
After her friend Sandy Mangual tragically falls to his death,
Bailey Cohen discovers images of his grisly corpse have been uploaded and
shared through social media, by someone very close to her.
Fed
up, in a stagnant relationship with an emotionally-abusive boyfriend, Bailey
enlists the help of quiet, unnoticed, underappreciated Bernardo Castillo, who
works the luxury Miami Beach high rise in which she stays.
Bernardo
will have to dredge up the shady past he’s long worked to tamp down in order to
set off on a journey of vengeance that will reshape and morph each person
engulfed along its way.
Icarus
Over Collins is a short, punchy revenge story as cracked and slivered as hot
Miami pavement.
Tras
la trágica caída accidental de su amigo, Bailey Cohen descubre que imágenes del
cadáver han sido clandestinamente descargadas a redes sociales. Por alguien muy
cercana.
Bailey
contara con la ayuda de Bernardo Castillo, empleado del condominio lujoso en
Miami Beach cuya Bailey habita.
En
nombre de su amigo fallecido, Bernardo y Bailey tendrán que excavar sus pasados
umbríos en camino hacia la venganza. Un viaje que reformara a todos envueltos.
Icarus
Over Collins es un cuento de venganza tan caluroso y rajado como las aceras
bordeando todo Miami.
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EXCERPT
Se muy bien porque
the Manguals nos pidieron este tipo de “favor”. Somos
misfits.
Especialmente este tipo right here. Con poco más de cuarenta
sobre el lomo, que carajo tengo to show for it? No house, no car, no job, no
country. Un gitano wandering the Earth. Like. . . ¿Como se llamaba el show
Americano con el chino que no era chino? Kung Fu! That’s who I am. El tipo from
Kung Fu. ¿La gran diferencia? I’m not going around helping people or making a
difference. So far, lo único que he hecho en estos Estados Unidos is try to
blend in and disappear.
As immigrants like me are expected to in cities like Miami.
Work, exist, be grateful at having the opportunity to live en una ciudad with
such big beautiful buildings and cars big as tanks barreling through the widest
roads I’ve ever known. Open the tap; agua limpia, fria, y gratis. No reason for
anyone to die of thirst en estos Estados Unidos. Be grateful for the wage given
under the table because immigrants are off the books and if the government
catches us being paid por debajo la mesa, Adios, pipo. Ese Tio Sam es un hijo
de puta en cuanto cobrando lo que se le debe.
So, shhhh. Calladito. Don’t ask too many questions, keep any
complaints aqui en medio de la garganta. Remember, it’s a system. None is
perfect. Every system needs oil and fuel lubricating the motor. Pistons that
keep it churning.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
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Hector Duarte, Jr. is a writer/educator out of Miami, Fl, where he lives with his wife, son, and cat. His fiction has been published widely online and in print, like the recent anthologies Pa Que Tu Lo Sepas: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico, and Shotgun Honey Presents Volume 4: Recoil. In September of 2018, Shotgun Honey Books published his full-length short story collection Desperate Times Call. He welcomes you to follow him on Twitter.
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