Free copy of "Welcome to My Contri"

This highly praised collection of short stories of Latin America is now available again, in an expanded e-book edition.

When the original paperback edition of Welcome to My  Contri appeared in 1989, The New York Times Book Review-er James Polk called it the work of "a formidable new writer."

Original 1989 paperback

New! 2012 e-book on Kindle & Smashwords

Now what the NY Times reviewer called “ This frequently powerful collection of short stories” that “enters Latin America as if through the rickety back door of a burlesque house” has been re-issued in an expanded e-book edition, with a new foreword and two additional stories, published by Thoth Books editorial collective.

Free to readers of the blog until January 2013.  To get your free copy, downloadable in formats including: .mobi (for Kindle), Epub (Nook, iPad, etc.) and others, or as a  pdf. file, go to

Smashwords: Welcome to My Contri,

and enter this code at check-out for a 100% discount: WT67M

And please let us and other readers know what ou think, by leaving a review at the Smashwords or Amazon site, Goodreads, or wherever else you review.