Fiction
Sierra Negra , Episode 5: The Fire
The fire started at midnight. Braulio stood on the ridge and watched everything he had built turn to smoke. When the Sierras arrived, there was nothing left but ash and the smell of roasted agave.
Narco-noir
Fiction
Sierra Negra , Episode 4: The Ravine
They found Tomás at the bottom of the barranca with two fingers missing and a look on his face like he had seen something in the dark that was still looking at him.
Fiction
Sierra Negra , Episode 3: The Wire
Braulio drove his own mezcal to Apatzingán and saw what the mountains hide. On the way back he pulled over and vomited into the dust. Then he drove home and did not tell Leticia why.
Fiction
Sierra Negra , Episode 2: The Laughing Man
Alfredo laughed when he said it. That was the part that kept Braulio awake, the laughter, because men who laugh when they threaten you have already decided you are nothing.
Fiction
Sierra Negra , Episode 1: The Mezcalero
The man who comes to your door at night always smiles. Braulio learned that the night Ernesto Rafael knocked, and he is still learning what the smile costs.