Jhon Sánchez is a Colombian born lawyer and writer. In 2021, New Lit Salon Press will publish his collection Enjoy Pleasurable Death and Other Stories that Will Kill You. He was awarded the Horned Dorset Colony for 2018 and the Byrdcliffe Artist Residence Program for 2019. For updates please visit the Facebook page @WriterJhon. He wants to express his gratitude to Leia Carter, Ana Fridlis, Mariah White, Claire fisher, David Breitkopf, Marcy Hudson, Nancy Roach, Nan Frydland, Braulio Cruz, Samuel Ferri, Anita Lobel, and Ralph Pennel as well as the workshops of Tadzio Koelb, BSFW, and Writing With a Purpose for their editorial comments..
More of Mr. Sanchez's work can be found at Teleport Magazine, Fiction on the Web, Caveat Lector, The Meadow, Newfound, Midway Journal, Pressenza,
Part I I was never interested in politics until my twin brother was diagnosed, and elected President. When Enrique told me about his disease, I couldn’t imagine the medical report or the clinic. The only thing that came to my mind was how Dr. Guillermo Utala had tapped his shoulder with a half-smile, saying, “Now you can be a candidate.”… Read more →
His wife’s young lover, Santas, was not his concern. Antonio’s eyes inspected his heart pill as he remembered what Santas had said during dinner a week before the trip to the nursing home in Florida. “Miriam, love is a land in famine at a time when there is only enough food for two.” He smiled at the bathroom mirror, thinking… Read more →
Every time I look at my face in the mirror, I think that I cannot remember my Uncle Hector’s face. What was his nose like? What color were his eyes? Did he have scars from his fights with crocodiles in the Amazon River? The last time I remember his presence, the sun awoke like a big eye among the clouds…. Read more →