Daniel A. Olivas

• Jul-2003
• / General Fiction
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Assumption is a collection of 18 short stories that revolve around Latinos in Southern California. The characters are so varied, that they defy easy stereotypes: converted Jews, lesbians, lawyers, newscasters, Catholic schoolchildren -- just to nam...

• Jan-2005
• / Literary
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In these short stories, men and women confront evil in all its forms, drama, and even humor against a backdrop of Chicano and Mexican culture. Situations range from the bizarre to the very real. In "Sight," a young man is allowed to see exactly what ...

• Nov-2007
• / General Fiction
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Editor Daniel A. Olivas assembled a cadre of literary luminaries and up-and-coming authors to provide powerful and mesmerizing tales with complex characters that represent the diversity of Southern California. We meet young and old, gay and straight,...

• Nov-2009
• / General Fiction
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Anywhere But L.A., Daniel A. Olivas's latest collection of short stories, ranges from contemporary narratives to more traditional cuentos de fantasma, giving us a vivid and honest portrait of modern Latinos in search of their place in the world. Funn...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-2011
• / Literary
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When Moses descended Mount Sinai carrying the Ten Commandments, he never could have foreseen how one family in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century would struggle to live by them.

Conchita, a voluptuous, headstrong single woman of a...

• Sep-2017
• / General Fiction
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Wanderers and writers, gangbangers and lawyers, dreamers and devils. The King of Lighting Fixtures paints an idiosyncratic but honest portrait of Los Angeles, depicting how the city both entrances and confounds. Each story serves as a reflection of D...

• Mar-2022
• / General Fiction
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How to Date a Flying Mexican is a collection of stories derived from Chicano and Mexican culture but ranging through fascinating literary worlds of magical realism, fairy tales, fables, and dystopian futures. Many of Daniel A. Olivas’s characters c...

• Apr-2023
• / Fantasy
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A man who undergoes a medical procedure is suddenly made wiser by a new friend of unlikely origins in Daniel A. Olivas's fantastical tale, where a man named Nacho teaches a valuable lesson....

• Mar-2024
• / General Fiction
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A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging and assimilation  An unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both n...

• Aug-2024
• / General Fiction
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My Chicano Heart is a collection of author Daniel A. Olivas’s favorite previously published tales about love, along with five new stories, that explore the complex, mysterious, and occasionally absurd machinations of people who simply want...