The Crypt

A devastated man gets caught at his fiancé’s last resting place. When night falls, grief and madness take over him, as he realizes that his beloved might be undead. This short story won the first prize at the National Contest of Black Humour (Mexico, 1997).
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Mario Carrasco Teja (Mexico City, 1972) is an archaeologist, writer, editor, and designer of printed and electronic books and magazines (he is included in Smashwords’ “Mark's List” of ebook formatting providers). Hombre Orquesta is his personal publishing imprint. He has obtained distinctions such as the “Edmundo Valadés” Latin American Short Story Contest (2001), an honorific mention in the “Juan Rulfo” Fine Arts Award for First Novel (2007), and the Gold Medal for Horror Fiction in the Global Ebook Awards (2014).