Interloper in Mexico: Stories

In Paul Perilli’s chapbook of four stories a man travels to Mexico where a chance encounter with an old acquaintance leads to an uncomfortable discussion, an aging boxer in physical and cognitive decline is interviewed by a magazine writer, a birthday gift for a one year old has implications fifty years into the future, a conversation between old friends brings up a disturbing memory. BIO Paul Perilli grew up in Massachusetts and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. His fiction and nonfiction recently have been published in The Transnational, Thema, Numero Cinq, The Blotter, Adelaide Literary Magazine and others. His speculative fiction ‘Summary Report to the Committee’ appears in Overland’s False Documents issue. His story ‘Orwell’s Year’ appears as a chapbook from Blue Cubicle Press. His nonfiction travel piece ‘Prices of Translation’ appears in Wanderlust Journal’s 2019 print anthology from Wild Dog Press. His story ‘Market & Fifth, San Francisco, 1986’ won the 2019 Jerry Jazz Musician short fiction contest.