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The rain had been falling since midnight. It started as a whisper against the rooftops, then grew heavier until it sounded like the sky itself was bre...
Raoul SuarezNovember 27, 20253 min
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The rain had been falling since midnight. It started as a whisper against the rooftops, then grew heavier until it sounded like the sky itself was bre...
By Raoul Suarez He has never paid for anything in full. Not in college. Not in life. Not even in the image he sells. From the very start, he learned h...
“Don’t call out the local government because there are bigger issues plaguing the whole nation.” Wait. What? That line has been thrown around so often...
She has worked in a call center for almost a decade now. The nights felt like days. The days often disappeared in her sleep. It’s a routine life. Head...
He was the first to arrive at the rally. Chest puffed out. Placard in hand. Slogans ready to be unleashed like bullets. He was the star of that show. ...
We often point our fingers at government officials when we talk about corruption. Their names appear in headlines. Their scandals dominate the news. T...
He fell in love the way ordinary voters fall for campaign promises. Naively. Desperately. Against all reason. She was the daughter of an incumbent pol...
(And he’s back. Raoul Suarez is a writer who uses short, focused narratives to explore complex moral dilemmas. His work often employs a direct and une...
He lay eyes closed. Not as though to prove to himself that he was asleep, but to deceive his mind into thinking he wasn’t awake. When he sat up, 10 ho...