CIRCLING THE TORTILLA DRAGON is a collection of short-short fictions that trace the fine line between prose poem and poetic prose. The flash fictions in the book weave history, myth, and cultural conflict from the centuries old battles between U.S. and Mexican culture. The results are quick glimpses into the mysterious, the surreal, and the strangely real, as animals, voices, modern society and isolated characters confront the remains of their collective and individual experiences.