MFA Student J. L. Bermúdez Publishes in New Delta Review

Congratulations to MFA student J. L. Bermúdez on publication of a short story—"El Brujo de Copán"—in New Delta Review.

An excerpt:

The lord of the sun had just removed the cloak of day when Victor Alejandro Martinez del Valle heard the first howl. Over the buzz of cicadas, a growl rumbled into a series of barks almost like a dog’s, almost like a monkey’s. Leaves shuddered somewhere high above in the dark, crowded trees. Victor Alejandro Martinez del Valle’s stomach spoke to him louder than the rustle of the greenery, but he was a man who had been graced with craft and cunning, who had earned his wisdom from the solitude of his later life. So, having given the greatest portions of his offerings to the lords of the sky, having left the veneer of his life behind him, and having completed his pilgrimage, he laid a trap, placed the last of his fruit within it, unrolled the rough cloth of his hamaca, and hoped that for once, his seeds had been planted in fertile soil. [ . . . ]

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