Daniel Talamantes

I’m a 2015 graduate of National University of Ireland’s MA Writing Program and 2012 graduate of University of California at Santa Cruz’s Literature and Creative Writing Program. I currently work as a writer and editor at a Private Investigation Firm and as a contributor to GoodTimes Magazine, Santa Clara Times, and Wall Street International. My short stories and poems have been published in The Galway Review, Tract-Trace, Skylight-47, Elderly, and various others.

With All Our Faults

Part 2, Chapter 1 of Daniel Talamantes’ novel With All Our Faults begins agreeably, with the nameless narrator indulging in a burrito while watching a World Cup match on his computer. Yet, Talamantes mixes up his observation of the game with his reflection about life—“somewhat like a burrito, the more you indulge, the more you unwrap, it is nearly impossible to recover”—leaving you in a state of unsuspected suspense: What is really happening here?

Novel Excerpts / Novella Issue Eight

Daniel Talamantes

I’m a 2015 graduate of National University of Ireland’s MA Writing Program and 2012 graduate of University of California at Santa Cruz’s Literature and Creative Writing Program. I currently work as a writer and editor at a Private Investigation Firm and as a contributor to GoodTimes Magazine, Santa Clara Times, and Wall Street International. My short stories and poems have been published in The Galway Review, Tract-Trace, Skylight-47, Elderly, and various others.

With All Our Faults

Part 2, Chapter 1 of Daniel Talamantes’ novel With All Our Faults begins agreeably, with the nameless narrator indulging in a burrito while watching a World Cup match on his computer. Yet, Talamantes mixes up his observation of the game with his reflection about life—“somewhat like a burrito, the more you indulge, the more you unwrap, it is nearly impossible to recover”—leaving you in a state of unsuspected suspense: What is really happening here?

Novel Excerpts / Novella Issue Eight

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