“Like the howl of an accordion—half sorrow and half joy, wondrous and exquisite—these stories squeezed my heart.” —Sandra Cisneros, author of "The House on Mango Street" * In "Once More to the River," Erasmo Guerra writes a moving account of his boyhood on the Texas-Mexico border. An award-winning novelist and journalist, Guerra explores present-day political and cultural realities, and recounts the shattering loss his family suffered when his teenage sister was murdered. Told with lyrical prose and a reporter’s ear for the “Tex-Mex” language of the region, these stories capture the voices of South Texas. By turns humorous and haunting, powerful and tender, this collection is an intensely personal chronicle of tragedy and the triumph of survival.

** Completed but not edited** Lyka was a certified loser. She was the most badly treated she wolf in her pack just because of her bigger size. She loved the idea of mates and was waiting for her mate to come and save her from her sad life. Unfortunately, she discovered that the person who was one of those bullies was her mate and he was the Alpha's son - the complete opposite of her. Naive that she was, she hoped her mate would eventually accept her. But no patience of a mere mortal could ever last forever. Heartbroken, she ran to the woods, away from her old life, only to find herself fighting for it as she found herself in the territory of vampires. --Contains mature elements, mushy stuff and a lot of grammatical errors.--