Mário Bentes 
A festive evening 

The first Christmas lights bring out bad memories to Martinez and Olga, worsening a father-daughter relationship that was already hard enough. Between them, the young and innocent Nina does the little she can within her reach to unite the family, ruined by grievances of the past, sorrows of the present and obscure perspectives of the future.

But uncanny things happen on the few days that antecede the 25th of December. Father, daughter and granddaughter will welcome the visit of unknown and strangely familiar figures. Each one, on their own way, will learn the tough lessons of those who are already gone.

On this reinterpretation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Mário Bentes exploits the melancholic terror from ”Minhas conversas com o diabo” to create a fable in which Christmas times from the past, present and future coexist.

About the author

Born in Manaus, Amazonas, Mário Bentes has been fascinated by literature since his childhood. His first contact with classical fantasy was through a painting: the image of an unicorn satiating itself in a lake of placid waters, illuminated by the full moon would remain in his memory for years. His first book, ‘A terra por onde caminho’ (‘The land where I walk’), was published in 2013, followed by ‘Minhas conversas com o diabo’ (‘My conversations with the devil’), in 2016. In 2017, he released the science fiction short story ‘EXO’. In 2018 he released ‘Noite de festa’ (‘A festive evening’), his short story inspired by Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. Organizer and contributor to dozens of short story collections. Editor-in-Chief at Lendari.