The crunch of a bird's wing. Abandoned by the roadside, newlywed brides scream with rage as they are caught in the headlights of a passing car. A cloud of butterflies, so beautiful it smothers. Unearthly and unexpected, these stories burrow their way into your psyche with the feel of a sleepless night. Every shadow and bump in the dark takes on huge implications, leaving the pulse racing - blurring the line between the real and the strange.

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Headlights -- Preserves -- Butterflies -- Mouthful of birds -- Santa Claus sleeps at our house -- Digger -- Irman -- Test -- Toward happy civilization -- Olingiris -- My brother Walter -- Merman -- Rage of pestilence -- Heads against concrete -- Size of things -- Underground -- Slowing down -- On the steppe -- A great effort -- Heavy suitcase of Benavides.