Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands

by Frederick Luis Aldama, Ana María Shua (Foreword)

Short story collection

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

208 pages, Paperback

Published February 7, 2017

Reviews

[Ernest Hogan]

I am happy to report that Frederick Luis Aldama's story collection lives up to the cover by Jaime Hernandez.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was amazed with these short stories. They are not full of all life-long details but they make you think about, they make you think about your life, your relationship, priorities and decisions you make. From my point of view, it changes the mind so everyone should read it.

[Jaime Vinal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flash fiction. That's what this style is called, I learned this label. My Spanish reading is poor but I noticed translation was indirect, a lovely twist, stories side by side, English / Spanish, but each it's own voice.

[Wendy Espinoza Cotta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a bilingual (Spanish and English) series of flash fiction short stories that include graphics that have a graphic novel style. Characters from the sordid to the inspirational flit in and out of the reader's view, and leave the reader wanting to more. The American Dream is shattered into a thousand pieces in this powerful and searing collection. The Spanish shorts are vibrant in their own originality. As the author notes, "We have two roots and it is our task to water them both." (p. 34). For those of Mexican-American heritage, this book will do.