Latin Heritage Foundation is pleased to introduce readers to this anthology composed of talented writers from around the World. The authors are genuine writers. And not because they create stories. Anybody at some point in their lives can write well, but in this particular case, they produce real art that not only meets the formal parameters of the unit bottom-form, but comes to the deeper intricacies of the soul of every human being who loves the beauty of the word. Their stories come from places geographically and culturally diverse as USA, India, Canada, England, Nigeria, Philippines, China, Romania, Germany, and many more. The writers are committed to their origins and roots but each story shows a serenade of love and life, universal feelings, and however abstract, they are still the most important values as are the constant questioning of man's relationship to life and the vicissitudes that it offers. The writer does not live oyster locked in a tight under the sea, but is related to daily social surroundings that sometimes exceeds and even annihilates him/her.The veins of these wordsmiths run the sap purest writing. We believe it will be a real joy for the reader to enter in the pages of this must have book. Reading and enjoyment of this work allows a better understanding of the world. The publication of the Anthology is also one of the best examples of The Latin Heritage Foundation interest to preserve, promote and disseminate the rich heritage and values of universal culture. Deeply linked to the vicissitudes of history, the stories express both everyday reality and the mythic roots of its inhabitants. This is, without doubt, the form of creative writing more rooted in the World oral tradition. The authors, quite rightly, have earned a place in this book because once, long time ago decided to venture and penetrate the interiorities of the magic kingdom of literature and all the subtle range of feelings, motivations and commitments that such engagement involves- a decision sometimes confusing, sometimes vague, but carries however, both level of accuracy and knowledge of a language so much that sometimes trying to escape from its hands does not support art in any way. In it, you are, or are not. We can only wish you to enjoy reading these beautiful stories. If this occurs, this will be our greatest satisfaction, and we will be more than rewarded.

Son diversos los temas que, haciendo uso del poder de la creacion y el enriquecido lenguaje literario nos llegan desde disimiles partes del mundo, pueden conformar un volumen de tanto interes para todos los gustos; es por ello que la presente antologia, compila muchas de las obras enviadas al Primer Concurso de Microrrelatos Latin Heritage Foundation, de los Estados Unidos de America. Las vivencias de los seres humanos, sus derrotas y exitos, pero sobre todo su imaginacion prolifera, son las fundadoras de la empresa que hoy se regocija por conceder a cada uno de ustedes, horas de irrebatible complacencia. Los estilos tan diversos y la economia narrativa de estos textos son dos de sus mejores armas en pos de atrapar al lector limitado por la rutina cotidiana y el ritmo acelerado de la vida. Acompanados por estas obras de indiscutible valor estamos seguros que pasaran momentos placenteros y fructiferos. Quedan a su disposicion las paginas mas fantasiosas, veraces, eroti-cas, alentadoras y lugubres que brotaron de la imaginacion humana, porque sin discusion alguna, en estas cuartillas habita el mortal y enre-vesado mundo de hoy. Andria Getsey Navarro Tano. Editora, locutora de Radio y TV Latin Heritage Foundation