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.
Welcome to the March 8th stop on the blog tour for Icarus Over Collins by Hector Duarte Jr with Goddess Fish Promotions. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for more excerpts, reviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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About the Book
Icarus Over Collins
by Hector Duarte Jr
Published 7 March 2023
Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Page Count: 158
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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.
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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 habitat.
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
Bernardo Castillo
Me han agotado. And it’s only Wednesday. More than a year working at Brisas Canarias and I’m finally coming to understand the eccentricities of these gringos. Understanding there’s no pattern to it, because these rich people live a vacation all the time their entire lives. Like tonight. There’s no long weekend. No Jewish holiday. It’s just the beginning of summer and you’d think it was maldito Cuatro de Julio. Americans really love to celebrate their independence day. All day long with the explosions popping off all over the city. I don’t get it. Back home, you hear that many explosions, you go inside.
That anxiety was the reason que me fui de mi bello Cuba in the first place. Bueno, that and Eugenia. I didn’t come to the United States to live like I did back there. I did not leave her behind in vain.
I like the job at Las Brisas; off the books and pays cash, decent cash compared with a lot of people I know working wineries in The Redlands that pay the daily equivalent of a Taco Bell combo meal.
Compared to that, this place is a country club, aunque joden bastante estos gringos. My official title is Maintenance Specialist. That doesn’t stop Schecter from putting me behind the front desk, the valet podium, pressure-washing the sidewalks around the building. Wherever someone is needed, Bernardo, the jack-of-all-trades, fills the void.
About the Author
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.
Giveaway Alert!
Hector Duarte, Jr. will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B&N gift card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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This sounds like a good story.
Hector Duarte is a new author to me, but I want to thank this blog for the introduction. I look forward to reading this book. I want to read his full-length short story collection “Desperate Times Call”.