Stories is a collection of twelve stories, some of which received literary awards following their original publication in Spanish.In this book, the reader is invited by the author, José A. Valentino, to re-visit many scenarios of powerful emotions, some of them imaginary, some of them experienced by him while traveling throughout Latin America as a troubadour, guitarist-singer...In Stories, there are stories of love, intrigue, mystery, science fiction, music, and, yes, racial discrimination in many of its most cruel manifestations.