In an uncertain December, the invitation to introspection becomes a beacon: a journey toward reconciliation with the wounds of the past and inner forgiveness, transforming memory into a guide for inhabiting the present with clarity and building a future of hope rooted in human compassion. By Claudia Benítez HoyLunes – This has been a year in which we have…
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The New Year’s Eve Ritual for Superstitious Female Writers
Literary Toast and Writer’s Foibles: Five New Year’s Eve Rituals for Writing, Publishing, and Traveling with Your Next Novel. From the twelve grapes to gold in the glass, the author reveals her fun and functional New Year’s Eve rituals, transforming classic superstitions into creative promises so that her second novel, following *Ladrona de Naranjas*, is born with passion and good…
Read MoreRising Technology, Fragmented Humanity
A journey through the brightness and shadows of progress, where innovation advances at high speed while social reality remains divided between those who can reach it and those who can only watch from afar. By Claudia Benítez HoyLunes – We live in an era in which humanity has witnessed unprecedented medical and technological advances. Science seems to brush against…
Read MoreThe Soup Tureen VIII: Beneath the Boards of Fear
A descent into the cellar of fear, where certainties crack and truth throbs beneath the damp wood. By Nuria Ruiz Fdez HoyLunes – The house breathed in silence. The wind from the Strait scratched the shutters with a long howl. Margarita had gone to bed a while ago, although Youssef sensed she would not sleep. He wouldn’t either. He…
Read MoreLetter to the Writer I Want to Be in 2026
A letter that travels through time: an intimate dialogue between the writer we are and the one we dream of becoming. By Lidia Roselló HoyLunes – Dear future me: I hope you are reading this with a cup of green tea in your hand (although if it is December, it will probably be a hot chocolate, because writers also…
Read MoreThe Silent Miracle of December
An invitation to return to what truly matters: when December steps away from consumerism and regains its power to heal, unite, and remind us. By Claudia Benítez HoyLunes – We enter this month with hope shining in our eyes, trying to illuminate our hearts. In my article “The Echo Behind the Lights,” I show how the market turns this…
Read MoreThe Origin of Black Friday: History of One of the Most Important Commercial Dates of the Year
Discover the true origin of Black Friday, why it is called that, how it emerged in the United States, and how it became one of the most important commercial events in the world. By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – This coming Friday, November 28, a new Black Friday will be celebrated, and therefore it is a great opportunity to…
Read MoreWhen Hugs Write Stories: López Rastoll’s New Literary Alchemy
There are books you read and books that stay with you. And then there are those that do something more: they accompany you, breathe with you, touch your shoulder when you close the last page. By Ehab Soltan HoyLunes – “A Hug Can Do Everything”, the new work by José Antonio López Rastoll, belongs to that rare lineage of…
Read MoreWhen the Community Breathes Fear: Chronicles of a Deep Disorder
A journey to the hidden heart of violence: where absences speak louder than gunshots. By Claudia Benítez HoyLunes – The history of social conflicts is as old as humanity itself. In every era we have tried to understand them, repress them, suppress them, negotiate them, sometimes endure them or simply ignore them. Society is a living being created by…
Read MoreThe Fifth Horseman: The Silent Shadow that Rides Within Us
An intimate reflection on faith, the passage of time, and that invisible enemy that settles in without asking permission: unwanted loneliness, the horseman who does not appear in the Scriptures but marks our lives more strongly than war, hunger, or pestilence. By Fernando Codina HoyLunes – I have never been particularly religious; I was raised in a family that,…
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