Y finalmente ha visto la luz una novela que escribí hace más de 10 años. Les presento a:
Publicada por Editorial Casasola
Ya disponible en Amazon:
I never tell lies, I only write them. | Jamás digo mentiras, solo las escribo.
Nueva novela para el 2025
New short story news
Happy to report that my short story ONE OUT OF TWENTY will be included in this year's edition of the Latino Book Review magazine.
Read the official announcement here.
The Big Thrill successfully relaunched
On April 23 of any given year, not only does the English-speaking world celebrate William Shakespeare, and the Spanish-speaking world celebrates Miguel de Cervantes, but this year also marks the successful launch of the website The Big Thrill, the e-zine run by the International Thriller Writers to promote their authors' new works.
This time, I was honored to contribute three articles.
The first one is about Jonathan Kellerman's new book , Open Season, the 40th entry in the Alex Delaware series. Gee, we all wish we'd look good at 40, right?
https://www.thebigthrill.org/2025/04/open-season/
Also, I had the opportunity to discuss with Ryan Steck, you know, the guy behind The Real Book Spy site, about him taking on the mantle of Ted Bell in the new Lord Alexander Hawke adventure titled Monarch.
https://www.thebigthrill.org/2025/04/carrying-on-with-a-legacy-ted-bells-monarch/
And last, but not least, a new entry into my ongoing adventure of reading and writing about vintage books in the column Classic Thrills, this time celebrating the 60th anniversary of the James Bond Film, Thunderball, by commenting on the eponymous novel by Ian Fleming.
https://www.thebigthrill.org/2025/03/classic-thrills-thunderball/
"Missing Celia" found a home
The direct link to read it for free is
https://www.therhizomag.com/issue-one/missing-celia
Additionally, the magazine ran an interview.
https://www.therhizomag.com/interviews/jose-bogran
Contest winner: Primer lugar
El siguiente microrelato fue elegido ganador del primer lugar en un concurso organizado por la universidad Ceutec/Unitec sede La Ceiba.
ALIENTO DE DRAGÓN
Por José H. Bográn
Era el momento decisivo para Juan Pablo. Había practicado escupir fuego cual dragón para sorprender a los conductores mientras esperaban el cambio a verde del semáforo en su esquina favorita.
En su inocencia de adolescente, prefería pedir dinero en la calle antes que robar o entrar a una mara.
Posicionó el palo a la altura de su frente, la punta con la llama encendida ligeramente arriba. Aspiró por la nariz y expelió el gas. Al principio pareció que todo iba bien, el gas encendió al contacto con el fuego formándose una aparatosa llamarada.
Ahora Juan Pablo se mueve entre los vehículos sin siquiera limpiar vidrios, la cara parcialmente cubierta con una venda deja entrever los restos de carne quemada. Los gestos de los conductores son una mezcla entre asombro, repulsión y lástima…pero se mantiene ecuánime, estoicamente sin caer en la tentación del mal.
FIN
RELEASE DAY: DarkSoul, a Dark Days Novel
Honduras, along the rest of Central America, celebrates today the bicentennial of independence. It is no coincidence that my new novel, coauthored with Steven Savile, is released today. Not only am I Honduran, but a large part of the novel is set there.
In DARKSOUL: Sophie Keane’s loyalty to the crime organization The Hidden is tested when they give her an impossible mission: supply children to be used as test subject for a new bio weapon.
It's available as an ebook, and part of the Kindle Unlimited at:
The September edition of The Big Thrill
For the September issue I got the interview two authors whom I met, even shared drinks with, during the last in person ThrillerFest back in 2019.
After I started working on the assignment, I was pleasantly surprised to discover it would be a cover story.
Excited to read a book before its release, thrilled to read the start of a new series, and wowed by the the actual story.
Here's the interview with Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson:
https://www.thebigthrill.org/2021/08/between-the-lines-andrews-wilson/
New Book Release
Available for pre-order
DARKSOUL, book #2 in the Dark Days Series
Sophie Keane survives because she is useful to some very powerful people who live in the shadows, manipulating the wealth of the world.
She is their fixer. A problem solver. An assassin.
She is capable of any task they demand from her, no matter how distasteful, even if it comes at the cost of her own soul.
But even for a woman like her there is a line that cannot be crossed.
Her Hidden paymasters have negotiated billion dollar contracts for the Patient Zero Serum -codename ZERUM- a new generation of antidotes for pathogens behind projected worst-case pandemics on the W.H.O.'s Deadly Contagion Watch List. These are the diseases capable of wiping out vast populations within weeks and bringing nations to their knees. With Russia pitted in a bidding war against China where the winner gets the cure and the loser faces infection to prove the efficacy of the cure death on a biblical scale is inevitable.
Sophie can rationalize all of that death. This is who she is and has been for a very long time.
But then they demand new test subjects - innocent children - and that changes everything.
My review of RAZORBLADE TEARS
Fresh off the success of last year’s Blacktop Wasteland, S.A. Cosby delivers another powerful thriller with Razorblade Tears. Ike Randolph is a Black man with a past, but he left prison over a decade ago, reformed his life, and started a successful business. Still, he hasn’t come to grips with his son Isiah’s homosexuality.
You can read the full review of RAZORBLADE TEARS BY S.A. Cosby at the Washington Independent Review of Books.
July edition of The Big Thrill
I interviewed Jeff Abbott about his new book, AN AMBUSH OF WIDOWS for the July edition of The Big Thrill
Jeff Abbott’s new novel, the devilishly titled AN AMBUSH OF WIDOWS, is about two women with nothing in common except a tragedy.
An “ambush” is the collective noun for a group of widows, and Abbott finds it interesting it’s the same noun for tigers and widows.
“Make of that what you will,” he says. “I like to think both could be dangerous if provoked. I didn’t know about the noun until I was wondering what you called a group of widows and as soon as I saw ‘ambush’ I wanted it to be the title. Of course some people think it’s about an ambush committed against widows, when these widows are more likely to do the actual ambushing.”
Full article at the this link: https://www.thebigthrill.org/?p=70177
Summer Conferences
I will be participating in the following conferences during 2021:
MORE THAN MALICE
July 14-17
Register in the following link:
https://www.malicedomestic.org/registration.html
THRILLERFEST XVI
June 28 - July 10
Register in the following link:
https://thrillerfest.com/registration/online-registration/
Bouchercon
August 25 - 29
Register in the following link:
https://www.bouchercon2021.com/registration-information
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, a review
My review of Natasha Pulley’s THE KINGDOMS (@BloomsburyPub) "a complicated tale with plenty of twists and turns that will keep readers enthralled all the way to the last pages"
June edition of The Big Thrill
For the June edition of The Big Thrill, I had the opportunity to interview two authors.
TOM CLANCY'S TARGET ACQUIRED by Don Bentley: https://bit.ly/2SNtE0k
HAIRPIN BRIDGE by Taylor Adams: https://bit.ly/3fHOIyJ
TedTalk is online
Back in December of 2018 I gave a TED talk in San Pedro Sula Honduras about how writing started as a hobby and ended up becoming an alternate career.
The title is the same motto that graces my email signature: "I never tell lies, I only write them."
The video is now available at TED’'s YouTube official channel and you can see it here:
Disclaimer: It's in Spanish and don't know when the subtitles will be available, but hey, it’s a good chance to practice your language skills. ;-)
The video is now available at TED’'s YouTube official channel and you can see it here:
Disclaimer: It's in Spanish and don't know when the subtitles will be available, but hey, it’s a good chance to practice your language skills. ;-)
The May edition of The Big Thrill
For this month I had the opportunity to interview two authors I have read before, one with a new installment of his ongoing series while the other starting a new one with a bang.
Beyond the Headlines by R.G. Belsky : https://bit.ly/3gSJG3m
Arctic Storm Rising by Dale Brown : https://bit.ly/3eJlSfw
Adventure Writers’ Summit 2021
Adventure Writers’ Summit 2021
April 23 - 24
Friday night welcome and introduction and virtual happy hour, followed by Saturday’s main event!
Designed for adventure writers in all genres, we’re going to dive deep into craft, marketing, branding, and author success in the future of digital publishing.
Author experts will include folks you’ve probably heard of... Kevin Tumlinson, Joanna Penn, JH Bográn, and lots more...
Oh. And did I mention it’s FREE?
(VIP tickets are available for a small fee, which will help with future summit costs and ongoing improvements)
Here’s what to do:
1. Register: http://runtheworld.today/app/c/adventure
2. Share! You know more authors than we do - and they need to know about this thing!
Write your adventure. See you next week!
April news
For the April edition of The Big Thrill, I was honored to interview Stu Jones and Gareth Worthington, co-authors of CONDITION BLACK, a harrowing tale that I had the privilege to read an advance reader copy of.
Read the full article HERE.
This month I'm also participating as a reviewer in the Con-Tinual, the Con That Never Ends.
You can access the video after April/14 on their Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual
Oh, and speaking of reviewing books, The Washington Independent Review of Books updated their list of reviewers and added me there.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/reviewer/jose-h-bogran
The Big Thrill: Red Widow by Alma Katsu
Alma Katsu navigates a new genre with her latest release, RED WIDOW. Read more about it in this #TheBigThrill feature:
On the Cover: https://bit.ly/3ksQLaq
Proof that honesty is still a thing
An operator drove his forklift along to work. At the last turn, his backpack flew off without him noticing.
2 ladies picked it up & followed him on foot to the warehouse.
When he saw it, his face expression ranged from shock to gratitude.
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