The Satchel and Other Terrors

The Satchel and Other Terrors by Matias Travieso-Diaz

“We have to be careful when we walk in the open.”

So begins the title story, and so begins this ominous collection of tales from settings around the world and times both close and long past. We are taken into realms terror, dragged by the hand into haunted places and minds, meeting characters whose fates could be our own if we aren’t careful.

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A lonely woman on a cruise will not find what she’s looking for

until she realizes why she is on this ocean voyage.

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A man visits a remote village in Africa to learn that some monsters

aren’t quite what he expected them to be.

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An unfinished opera becomes a man’s obsession to find those lost notes, no matter the means by which they are found.

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A clumsy but meaningful art piece by a blind girl becomes the bane of

the art examiner who interviews candidates for a prestigious art school.

A portal is opened, a poker game is played, a mine is operated, and dolls are fabricated. Each story opens a new conflict, a new strife, a new view of both the extraordinary and the banal elements of our world. You will be mystified and intrigued, terrified and horrified, all as you turn the pages and discover these stories of dark imaginings.

"The author has tucked a burr into our souls and left us itching and squirming. And that is as it should be." ~ Stephen Kimmerling, peer review

"No matter how bizarre, strange, or twisted the story, Travieso-Diaz's living, breathing characters are the life's blood of the tale... there's more than enough wonder and dread for any fan of horror and dark fantasy. A must-read for lovers of these genres."

~ Jason J. McCuiston, author of Project Notebook

"The Satchel and Other Terrors by Matias Travieso-Diaz is an array of nouvelle forays into the darkness, ameliorated by exotic ambiances, the presence of equanimous narrators and the ever-soothing balm of elegant prose. Bravo!"

~ Eloy Gonzalez, organic review