Mario Hinojos et al. Álbum negro: narrativa sinaloense de ficción. Culiacán: Instituto Sinaloense de Cultura, 2018. First edition. 170 pages. Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 5.5" x 8.5", and shows very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. This short story collection is not an anthology. It is a selection made through an invitation to several writers under the age of thirty-five born or living in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Contents: "Animal doméstico (fragmentos)" by Mario Hinojos; "Si una tarde en el cine un joyero" by Víctor Santana; "La juida del sí mismo" by Hermann Gil Robles; "Anatomía de la memoria (fragmento)" by Eduardo Ruiz Sosa; "Casa doblada" by Saúl Valdez; "El peso de la levedad" by Viridiana Carrillo; "Acto de contrición" by Isaac López; "Nuestro gato" by Enrique Medina; "El encanto" by René Alan Espinoza; "Ocre sobre el presente" by Muamar Kadafy; "No tendrás perdón (fragmento)" by Sergio Ceyca; "Flores artificiales" by Julio Zatarain; "La crema" by Heriberto Díaz Peña; "La turba" by Hernán Arturo Ruiz; "Ausentarse" by Lizet Norzagaray; "La pregunta" by Arián Castro Murillo; "Una mancha que no se ve" by Iván Fuentes Félix; "Ramona" by Miguel Bojórquez; "Siete veces" by Andrea Morán Perza; "Sobre el fuego como purificación del alma para el perdón de los pecados" by Leonardo González Romero.