The Crater of Orizaba and Other Stories, named a finalist in the Texas Review Press 2014 George Garrett Fiction Prize Competition, surveys regions where marvels are still possible, where confrontations between the local and the outsider succinctly reveal the territorial instincts that define our identities. Populated with wayward pilgrims, high altitude guides, convicts, geologists, urban guerrillas and assorted rogues well-versed in the art of subterfuge, these stories track characters who struggle to improve their lot in life by any means necessary.
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