A childhood memory from San Jorge, El Salvador, became the seed of Miriam and Ricardo’s story—and eventually a nine-track instrumental album. W. E. Ticas explores the memory, landscape, folklore, and storytelling behind La Novia de Las Piletas.
Author Archives: W. E. Ticas (Walter Gonzalez)
The Watcher of Shelter Island
On a fogbound November night on Shelter Island, a Salvadoran couple becomes trapped between the sea and something far older than the tides. As a woman struggles to give birth alone, a mysterious disappearance, a stopped watch, and an impossible choice reveal that some islands keep their own balance.
The Weight of Useless Things
Why do we hold on to objects that no longer serve any practical purpose? A cracked mug, a faded letter, a rusted key—sometimes the things we keep are valuable not because of what they are, but because of the memories they carry.
Places Remember Differently
Memories possess their own geography. A reflection on ordinary places, the passage of time, and the quiet way certain streets preserve fragments of who we once were.
What We Forget Also Shapes Us
We often measure our lives by what we remember, yet much of who we are has been shaped by what time quietly carried away.
The Things That Remained
A poem about memory, absence, and the quiet remnants that endure long after people leave.
The Vanishing of Edward Pierce
When Edward Pierce stops his car beside a lonely forest road and notices a figure standing among the trees, he dismisses it as a trick of the light. Days later he vanishes without a trace. The only clue left behind is a camera filled with photographs that should not exist.
