About the author

Ricardo Luna Parra (Cuauhtémoc City, Chihuahua, Mexico; 1988) is a writer of poetry, short stories and novels, of fantastic, dark and surreal genre; finalist and winner of international literary contests, with publications in Amazon and Spain.

• Selected at the “II Epitaphs Contest of Torrero Cemetery”

Text: (epitaph)

Zaragoza, Spain (2020)

• Poem published in the fanzine “Rebeldía y Kaos”

Text: “Y si no…”

Chihuahua, Mexico (2019)

• Winner of the “XX Poetry Prize - Aurelio Guirao”

Text: “Toska: Una biopsia al alma”

Cieza, Murcia, Spain (2018)

• Novel published for Kindle e-book and printed version

Text: “El suicidio de los Shinigamis”

Amazon (2017)

• Short tale published for Kindle e-book

Text: “¿Sí o no, Liliana?”

Amazon (2017)

• Pre-selected at the “XI Lucian Freud Prize”

Text: “Síndrome del miembro amputado”

Buenos Aires, Argentina (2017)

• Finalist of the “XV Short Tale Contest - Villa de Torrecampo”

Text: “a.m.”

Torrecampo, Spain (2015)

• Finalist of the “X Poetry Prize - Fray Luis de León"

Text: “Schatten”

Province of Cuenca, Spain (2014)

His hobbies include playing classic guitar, practicing iaidō, art and independent cinema, and the study of languages (today, he speaks Spanish, English, German and is a Japanese learner).

Ricardo Luna lives in Chihuahua City, Mexico, with his wife Marcelita.