The dead gather on the bridge to Seattle (review)

Review by Giselle Albim

The dead gather on the bridge to Seattle is an extraordinary story by the editor and publisher of experimental poetry Adam Golaski. His horror and science fiction stories may captivate you since the very beginning you start reading one of his pieces of writing. The dead gather on the bridge to Seattle is a very well described story which allows the reader to be in Roger’s foot, a desperate brother who drives for hours in order to see his ill sister.

The setting of the story is the route from Decker to Seattle, which the main character takes after receiving a phone call from Viviana’s husband, his sister. A meteor shower amuses Roger while he is facing weird people and animals all along the gloomy way. Golaski is so good at describing facts, that you can not even imagine what is really taking place during Roger’s travel. Among desperate cell-phone-calls, situations that have no logical explanation, and some dismal gas stations, hours in the route are passing by including the quirky stuff around him.

Although I was able to feel as if I were the one driving that lonely route and was looking the lustrous pinkish sky. It is not a highly recommendable story if you are of those who wish to know all the details at the end of the story, because in this one, at the moment of closure you may find a surprise that depends on you enjoy it or not.

Running away (TV show proposal)

Dear Sir,

My name is Ricardo Ruben. I am a psychologist and a writer. Since I admire your work as the President of the most important network, I have decided to write this letter in order to recommend you a musical fiction oriented to young adults.

I have been thinking about retelling the story of a group of homeless children who form a rock band which helps them to run away from drugs, alcohol, stealing and violence. The band would have ten members and each of them would tell a different and problematic life-story. These ten members would be between thirteen and eighteen years old.

The name of the programme and of the band would be “Running away”.

The last thing I would like to mention is the fact that during the course of the television series, a famous producer will discover and help the children to make their dream comes true.

I am looking forwards for your reply as soon as possible.

Faithfully,

Mr. Ruben

And then you die

Iris Johansen

Review by Giselle Albim

And then you die, is a thriller written by a successful American novelist called Iris Johansen. This fascinating story keeps the reader trapped and intrigued from the first till the last page. It is enjoyable reading the love story hidden in a danger and dramatic situation lived by the main characters. Full of twists, this is a worth reading story.

The thriller is about a photojournalist, Bess Grady who travels with her sister to Tenajo, Mexico. Once there, they discover that the town is full of dead people, only a baby remains alive. They are the only witness of a cruel biological attack. But before they could do something, they are carried by a group of soldiers to a hospital. There after being sedated for three days, Bess wakes up and discovers that her sister is dead. Kaldak, an ex agent from the CIA, is the only person who could help her to find Esteban, the assassin of the people in the village, but also of her sister. While they are trying to find out what have happened in Tenajo, without being killed by Esteban, they begin to trust each other. 

I highly recommend this thriller to those who enjoy reading suspense, drama and romance all at the same time

It was a dark, rainy day (by Palazzetti Ivanna, Albim Giselle, Bustingorri Guadalupe and Diquech Natalia)

It was a dark, rainy day. Autumn was about to come and the food they had collected during the summer was ready to be eaten, but it wasn´t enough for all of the ants. So the colony arranged a meeting led by Red Ant to decide who should stay and who should go.

It was a difficult moment for the whole colony. They had been working so hard, that all of them had the right to remain in their ants´ nest. But they could finally arrive at the cruel decision of sending the eldest people away.

A desperated voice was heard from the very back. It was a little ant whose grandma was about to be sent out.

“Why are you going to take my grandma away from me?” he asked.

“What´s wrong with that?” said little Red Ant “It makes room for new people.”