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:
I didn’t give a fuck
I didn’t give a shit if I looked like I ran a mile in under
eight minutes, or if I ballooned mere months before prom. Not like I had a date
anyway. In turn, no one at Saint Ignatius cared for me, so why keep myself from
doing what I loved? Which, in high school, was mostly eating. Eating and
studying.
I didn’t try to be a social pariah, believe me. I was as
sociable as they come with no reason to be ornery. Parents were still together,
didn’t smack me around, and my GPA meant a full ride to the University of
Florida. Senior year, I was ready to get my diploma and give Saint Ignatius
Catholic High School an erect, bony finger.
Mom and dad mostly left me alone as long as I stayed focused and kept my
grades up. It was a sweet life. No reason to complain or worry about
superficial shit.
Believe it or not, this outlook actually made me uber nice.
To everyone. Which was a problem. In those years, where high school rebellion
and teenaged angst were all the rage, it didn’t make me a popular classmate.
Even in a $15,000/year institution—I’m willing to bet because of it—the kids
had no problem letting me know how out of favor I was.
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Well this one really took me by surprise. The story was short but, it really packed a punch. The story has both English & Spanish in it which I thought was great and more realistic. Bernando & Bailey really work together to find out who uploaded her friends picture of their death. They really go on a journey where they find some drama and excitement. This was a well written story. I really loved this one!
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
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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tour.
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