Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 8 minutes
We made sure the six of us gathered around the fire. Only Mary’s closest friends. The sun was set, the tide was low, and now, thanks to Melanie and Rita, who fooled the other guys away from this part of the beach, we were ready to begin.
Continue reading ““THE FIRE GUITAR” – A Short Story”
Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 7 minutes.
I was just about to be done with my third cup; that’s how I knew the old man talking to me was real. I was broke then, so I could not afford another round unless I accepted his invitation, which I did not want because that meant only one thing.
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Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 10 minutes
Purple was the color the lady chose to wear that evening. She needed to maximize her theatrical impression, considering such a customer had decided to pay her a visit at last.
She looked at herself in the mirror and thought she’d never been so pretty and young.
– And now, for the show. Which one should we use? – She asked, opening a wooden vault where four beautiful crystal balls lay.
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Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 12 minutes.
Was it yesterday? Or the day before? I could not know when I started feeling it, a “pulse” from within myself, from my center. I just knew what it meant: I needed to set her free.
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Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading Time: 4 minutes
As a kid, I only heard stories about this place; now, I am here. I have left my hometown, crossed the sea, and came to the land I’d dreamt to see, but to do something terrible, not only to these people but to myself.
We managed to unlock the temple doors without trouble, which was very unexpected given the resistance we had faced until then. I was in the front group, so as the tall doors opened, I was among the first to look inside.
Continue reading ““GOLDEN” An Inktober Short Story”
Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading Time: 6 minutes.
Our sweaty clothes started to cool us down at last after eight hours of walking. Even Joe, who had been complaining during the whole trip, became silent and began to smile more often. The cherry on top was hearing Mike say, “I found it. It should be this way.”
Continue reading ““MAP” An Inktober Short Story”
Sketching I made for one of my short stories, “Little Paper Man,” which I will be re-releasing soon, in both English and Spanish.
“We stood there, sitting on the porch, with our stained witch robes, looking at the moon. Then, suddenly, I remembered the moment when, despite being in the bakery’s basement, I saw myself in another place.“
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“-I am sorry, sweetheart. I did not mean to intrude. I just remembered when I was your age, some kids used to do hideous pranks on Halloween – My mother stopped talking and started to sniff. The movement of the box made the smell spread.“
“Once I passed the paying line, I started dodging the customers inside the shop. When, suddenly, my arm got trapped in a tight grip.”
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