Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Feral Heart
Part I
Sleepless in Havana
Nowhere man
by Miguel Mejides
The last passenger
by Ena LucÍa Portela
The scene
by Mylene Fernández Pintado
Staring at the sun
by Leonardo Padura
Part II
Escape to nowhere
The dinner
by Carolina García-Aguilera
Johnny Ventura’s seventh try
by Pablo Medina
Shanghai
by Alex Abella
Murder at 503 La Rosa
by Moisés Asís
Murder, according to my mother-in-law
by Arturo Arango
Part III
Sudden rage
The orchid
by Mariela Varona Roque
What for, this burden
by Michel Encinosa Fú
The red bridge
by Yoss
La Coca-Cola del Olvido
by Lea Aschkenas
Part IV
Drowning in silence
Zenzizenzic
by Achy Obejas
Virgins of Regla
by Mabel Cuesta
Olúo [2]
by Arnaldo Correa
Settling of scores
by Oscar F. Ortíz
Abikú[6]
by Yohamna Depestre
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