Two Dark Men: A Parable

Street fighting Carlos and newspaper reporter Ulysses(Uly)rob the treasure-laden grave of an evil priest, who comes back from the grave intent on unleashing a hellish retribution. "Two Dark Men: Parable of the Sun and the Wind," selected by Glimmer Train Press, among its 2004 Top 25 Fiction Stories, is one of eight short stories in Aurelio Sanchez's collection. Also included is "Cry," a modern day adaptation about La Llorona, a mythical Hispanic tragic figure condemned to search for her murdered children forever, but who finds redemption at last, previously published by Clackamas Literary Review. In "The Promise," the last surviving member of a dying mystical sect learns the power of redeeming a long forgotten promise. In "The Hanging Tree," a young man unjustly lynched in his childhood cottonwood tree, finds a way back. Four other stories tinged with enchantment and magic realism of New Mexico.