One critic from Revista Narrativa Breve wrote: "Jos Lira has done for the erotic genre what haiku did for nature poetry. He has reduced it to its purest essence: a single moment of connection, frozen in amber."
A standout piece, "El Asensor" (The Elevator), traps two strangers in a broken elevator. Nothing physical happens. A man notices the scent of jasmine perfume on the woman’s wrist as she checks her phone. He doesn't touch her. He touches the light button. The entire erotic climax is the shared acknowledgment of the silence between floors. Unlike many erotic authors who end at the orgasm, Lira is interested in what comes after. The final stories in the anthology are devastatingly beautiful. They explore the emptiness of a hotel room after a one-night stand, or the phantom memory of a hand on a thigh during a boring office meeting three days later. Antologia de Micro Relatos Eroticos - JOS LIRA....
Critics have compared Lira’s economy of language to the greats of micro-fiction like Augusto Monterroso, but with the sensual pulse of Anaïs Nin. However, unlike Nin’s sprawling diaries, Lira’s work is lean. One critic from Revista Narrativa Breve wrote: "Jos
But be warned: after reading these 100 micro-stories, you will find yourself looking at strangers on the elevator differently. You will notice the wrists of your colleagues. You will listen to the silences. And you will realize that the most erotic organ in the human body is not the skin—it is the imagination. A man notices the scent of jasmine perfume