José Pablo Carrillo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

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“Hungry Eyes ” by José Pablo Carrillo

Submitted to Contest #138

“Today’s weather is beautiful. Amazing. Frankly, I’ve never seen a better day, Melania.”  “I agree, hon. The picnic basket is almost ready.”  She spent the entire morning preparing the basket. Two crispy pieces of sourdough, beautiful shades of light brown almost toasted-like, and a light fluffy airy center.  The smallest-sized Tupperware had three scoops of cold butter. Two more large containers with dividers. One for moon-shaped sliced avocado, tomato, cream cheese, and mayonnaise. The other for smoked bacon, turkey, ham, an...

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“Special report: Habitants Flee From Violence And Organized Crime.” by José Pablo Carrillo

Submitted to Contest #137

“Why are you fleeing?”  I waved down the small-sized pickup driving towards the entrance. The wind must have carried my question swiftly inside the four-door midsize SUV because the small pickup came to a sudden halt.  I walked a couple steps towards the driver’s door and saw an older woman, mid-fifties, her skin light brown like Mexican soil, and a Panama hat whose shadow barely hid the wrinkles and bags around her eyes. “Why..?” She rolled her head back laughing bitterly, thinking she was being mocked. “Oh...please, You still ask...

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“The Battle of Gettysburg ” by José Pablo Carrillo

Submitted to Contest #126

The house rang to the songs of Vicente Fernandez. The aroma of beef, pork, chicken, and mixed spices, circled inside the house like a happy ghost roaming freely like it owned the two-story cozy home. The corn husk’s wrapped around the pork, like a wrestler pinning his opponent.   Another stockpot began to slowly boil releasing scents of tamarind, peaches, guava, prunes, hibiscus, sugarcane, and cinnamon with a touch a piloncillo, declaring a scent-war on the tamales steaming next to it, fighting like bitter rivals to see who could take ...

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“The Fraudulent Flight ” by José Pablo Carrillo

Submitted to Contest #125

GDL 11:03  - MEX 12:20, MEX 13:45 - DFW 15:30, the popular flight app displayed. “Dude it's not a bad flight for $300 bucks,” I told my brother as we sipped coffee at ‘La borra del café. “You won’t have enough time to catch your next flight in Mexico City,” He replied without even looking up from his laptop, “Trust me, I have been to that airport multiple times, and one hour is not enough time.” I was skeptical, I mean I had never been to Mexico City’s but a little over an hour to walk from one terminal to another? That’s more than p...

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