Matias F. Travieso-Diaz
Who, Why and How
I am a Cuban American engineer and lawyer who, having retired from the practice of law, has rediscovered the pleasures of creative writing. I started this site to share with others my creative efforts.
In addition to fiction in both English and Spanish, I will include here some legal papers I have written over the years on issues relating to Cuba, and miscellaneous other writings.
I had fun creating the works reproduced here and hope you will enjoy them also. In any case, I will welcome any and all comments.
I intend to update the contents of this site with new material depending on my inspiration and the available time.
NEWS
My first collection of short stories, "The Satchel and Other Terrors," was published in February 2023 and is available through Amazon and other retailers. Three more collections of my short stories have also been published since then.
I have completed four novels that take place in Cuba during its Colonial era: "The Taíno Women" (16th Century); "The Travels of Lázaro Serrano (18th Century); "When Cubans Went to War" (mid 19th Century), and "The Last War of independence" (late 19th Century). The third has been published.
English Writings
I have authored and published over two hundred and thirty stories of various lengths and genres. My stories have appeared or are scheduled to appear in over pne hundred and thirty different magazines and podcasts. Following are copies of some of my published stories.
Reynard and Hermeline The Village (Best Horror Stories)
Blue Pearls Boon from Angel Big Q /Little Q Slug The Amoebas Viennese Story Tattoos
The Satchel Release Medusa's Stare Best "Man" Leaf New Species Magic Chrysler
Girl, etc. Stay in Mayami Rapture Figaro Hungry Wolf Tiger by Tail Very Cold Hand Sisters Mercy
The Blue Pearls A Boon from an Angel Big Q and Little Q The Amoebas A Viennese Story Tattoos
Lunar Moth Opaque Dopey Lion Sisters of Mercy The Hajj Something in Water The Village
Pride Festival Rosalba Last Angel Hope for the Future Magic Apple Five Cowries Faun at Large Pineal Split
Terraforming Ushuaia Liebestod Luck Something/Water The Portal Lung Repl. Carmen
Zara The Potion Scherazade's Last Last Tsar Release Complete Opaque Showdown
Black Hole Butterfly Adoration Dopey Lion Lunar Moth Last Will Dummies Cuban/ Opera
Slide Show Time Travel Forest Whistles Mapinguari Gronks Gwarwyn Honey Cake Henrietta
Bloomer Dragon's Bite Spring Flowers Phantom Bro. Gift / Goddess How Propose Romeo Leonardo
Search Glass Jar Hollow Tree Laughing Gas Panda Animal Stories Beheading A Kind Heart
Fractious Fam. Gas Lampoons Born on Wed. Taste Blood Transit Happiness Theme/Var Meand'ng
Last Supper Don't Eat Garum Mouths Trip to Barbados Hajj Tattoos David L. Peroz's Pearl
Don Juan Three Waltzes Man O'War Dragon's Farewell Toco 2 Wk Russia Alone Tenth Sym
End of Term Twilight Atonement Bad Bargain Late Bloomer Ronnie L/S Notes Mutants Ugly Fairy
Guava Pastries Odin's Eye Matryoshka Carnival/Venice Cicada Phantom Bro. Return Witch/Crows
Blame Rup. Viennese Bon Fight to Death Notes on Writing Blue Swan Mutants Thor's Fear Tarandus
Barlow Remembering Fran Visit Jaguar Caraway Cake Beard 3 HairPurple '72 Election Nirvana
Greek Fire Green Black Hole Scarlet False Millennium Mayfly Dummies Contentment
Silence Caged Bird Yossele in Love Immortality Babboon Musket Ball Two Puffins Splashing
Poitiers Nutcracker Overbearing Hippo Miami Lts Burning Wood Accel. Waltz Tribulation Fear
Woodpecker Prometheus Ascension Mad Scene De-Extinction Plain Sight Bonding Mongoose
Fried spider Catfish Carousel The End (5...) Brahms Red Oak End of All Soren
Penelope If You Could Lie to Me More Posters Alice's Adv Bunker Shatt'd Glass Glut. Toad
Schubert Aband. Convent New France Ind. Sloth Say Grace Mermaids Reckoning
Miscellaneous Writings and Podcasts
The Magic Apple Podcast Slug Podcast The Black Pen Fran's Funeral Remarks Anniversary
The Honey Cake podcast The Gift From the Goddess Remembering Fran How Proposed A Kind and Generous
Scheherazade's Lasr Tale Selling Adama For Page & Screen Interview Arcanist Interview
Escritos en Español
Here I include some of my writings in Spanish. Others will be added as warranted
Transposicion Los Caracoles Las Amebas Los Pasquines
Matrimonio Modelo Limpieza Inconclusa Reporte Una Cita con el Diablo