Morales seduces then abducts and we are carried away by the torrents
of his endless sentences until we come up for air, gasping and
astonished. This is not to say that these stories […] are petrified
tales. Indeed, violence is the skin of these stories. Yet, we
understand and we ache and that’s the best argument for reading
fiction. So hear me and pay attention: Aaron Michael Morales
is poised to startle.
— Helena María Viramontes