From acclaimed fiction writer and book critic, Daniel A. Olivas, comes his first collection of poetry, Crossing the Border. These narrative poems delve deeply into the many ways we cross borders of race, culture, language, religion, and privilege. With humor and pathos, Olivas draws from his own life and from the stories of others to serve as a witness to the great variety of experiences that make us human. With grace and eloquence, he invites readers to cross these borders with him on thi...

A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging and assimilationAn unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godínez. His world expands as he meets her network...

Inspirado en la obra clásica de Mary Shelley y ambientado en un Estados Unidos distópico, un hombre deberá reconectar con sus orígenes y construir su propia identidad.Los « reanimados» están casi completamente integrados en nuestra sociedad, aunque continúan empleados en los trabajos que nadie más quiere hacer. Devueltos a la vida a través de un controvertido proceso en el que se emplean partes de distintos cadáveres, viven en el límite de un mundo...

A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging and assimilationAn unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godínez.His world expands as he meets her ...

In the past century, more and more Americans have been migrating from rural areas and urban centers to suburban communities. As a result, the majority of American youth are educated in the suburbs, and the ways in which they learn to be citizens are shaped by their suburban surroundings. Because many of these communities are designed to support a "placeless" lifestyle of a transient yet demographically similar population, they are often disconnected from a regional history and culture. For...

Cómo Salir con un Mexicano Volador es una colección de relatos derivados de las culturas Chicana y Mexicana, pero que abarca fascinantes mundos literarios de realismo mágico, cuentos de hadas, fábulas, y futuros fracturados. Los personajes se enfrentan—tanto directa como indirectamente—a cuestiones de moralidad, justicia, y autodeterminación.La colección se compone de los relatos favoritos de Daniel A. Olivas, previamente publicados, junto con dos nuevos relatos, uno distóp...

My Chicano Heart is a collection of author Daniel A. Olivas’s favorite previously published tales about love, along with five new stories, that explore the complex, mysterious, and occasionally absurd machinations of people who simply want to be appreciated and treasured. Readers will encounter characters who scheme, search, and flail in settings that are sometimes fantastical and other times mundane: a man who literally gives his heart to his wife who keeps it beating safely in a...

How to Date a Flying Mexican is a collection of stories derived from Chicano and Mexican culture but ranging through fascinating literary worlds of magical realism, fairy tales, fables, and dystopian futures. Many of Daniel A. Olivas’s characters confront—both directly and obliquely— questions of morality, justice, and self-determination.The collection is made up of Olivas’s favorite previously published stories, along with two new stories—one dystopian and the other magic...

Inspirado en la obra clásica de Mary Shelley y ambientado en un Estados Unidos distópico, un hombre deberá reconectar con sus orígenes y construir su propia identidad.Los « reanimados» están casi completamente integrados en nuestra sociedad, aunque continúan empleados en los trabajos que nadie más quiere hacer. Devueltos a la vida a través de un controvertido proceso en el que se emplean partes de distintos cadáveres, viven en el límite de un mundo...

WEIRDER, WILDER, FURTHER INTO THE UNKNOWN "The only award that matters." - someone, somewhere, maybe? BRAVE NEW WEIRD returns with its second collection, showcasing the absolute best of the independent New Weird world! Featuring 23 stories previously published by some of the most dynamic independent publishers in the fields of Horror and Speculative Fiction today, forewords from the publisher and editor on the state of independent Horror; additional recommended reading; and more.

Editor Daniel A. Olivas assembled a cadre of literary luminaries and up-and-coming authors to provide powerful and mesmerizing tales with complex characters that represent the diversity of Southern California. We meet young and old, gay and straight, rich and poor, the newly arrived and the well established. There's a screenwriter pitching an idea and a woman struggling with barrio life, youths trying to avoid gang life and others embracing it. We encounter aggressive journalists, cem...

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