 It would seem Puerto Vallarta has been casting its spell on talented citizens who relocate to this wonderful place we call paradise since day one. One of the latest additions to our local pool of inspiring talent is fiction and comics writer Francisco Haghenbeck. Unbeknownst to him (and to us!), his short story “Waiting for Liz,” published in the last issue of this magazine, was a finalist in Spain’s Tenth Emilio Murcia Literary Competition, one of the most prestigious in this Iberian country.
Haghenbeck’s achievements run the gamut, including credits as a TV producer, nominations to the MTV awards and Mexico’s Jules Verne Science Fiction Award, not to mention being the only citizen of Mexico who has penned for the prestigious DC Comics Warner publishing company. “Trago Amargo,” his fictional yet well-researched account of a murder on the set of the “Night of the Iguana,” became an instant bestseller in Mexico, garnering his second “Una Vuelta de Tuerca” award, Mexico’s literary finest. As we were producing this publication, Haghenbeck became a finalist in the second Premio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América Narrativa with his story “Aliento a Muerte,” written under his pseudonym, Alvis Infante, the equivalent of an Academy Award in literary circles.
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