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Jenzo DuQue

Jenzo DuQue is a Colombian American writer, editor, and teacher. He received his MFA from Brooklyn College, where he served as an editor for the Brooklyn Review. DuQue’s writing has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 2021 as well as Best Microfiction 2022. 

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Illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

Cartagena, 2002

By Jenzo DuQue, Illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook

Winter 2022 | Fiction

As Álvaro wandered the sweeping courtyard of his hotel, a colonial relic that had been renovated with a pool in preparation for the imminent wave of tourists, he had no choice but to accept the matter for what it was. The situation was grave. Very grave, he realized, aimlessly running his hand through one of the lobby’s marble fountains, stirring the peso coins below the water’s surface. 

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