“The Train to Penn” – Short story, in The Queens Review, Spring 2024, published on April 30, 2024; Queens College M.F.A. program in creative writing and literary translation, Queens College, Flushing, New York. Launch of print edition scheduled for May 18, 2024, in Kew Gardens, New York. From the editor of the issue’s web edition, Julie Hornberger: “To our readers, we have a great array of voices in this new edition, which speaks to the philosophy of The Queens Review – to capture the “varied landscape” of cultures in Queens, New York, the place where our college lives.”
“Bautismo de sangre” – Cuento, en Contrapuntos, edición de aniversario, Contrapuntos X, 7 de julio de 2023; Digitus Indie Publishers, Monterey, California. De la casa editorial: “Language, memories, longing, and the challenges that shape the daily lives of those who physically distance themselves from their familiar environment to settle in a new place are the raw materials (whether autobiographical or metaphorical) that underpin the texts and art gathered in this edition. Thus, we have decided to present the content in a volume that brings together authors from the Southeast and Northeast of the United States under the title of “East.” Furthermore, our intention is for the order of the contents and the themes addressed to represent the stages of a journey between borders, coordinates, and memories, using the blank page as a cartography upon which the suggested topics of each reading are recorded.”
“Welcome to the Fatherland” – Short story, in The Piltdown Review, December 19, 2018; edited in New York City by William Shunn. Subhead on online journal: “No one knows the son except the father, and no one knows the father except the son. But good luck convincing the son of that.”
“Práxedes” – Short story, in Apogee Journal, Issue 09, June 2017, Manhattan, New York City. From introduction to issue: “Being seen—or not—becomes a necessary politic to meditate on in an auto-play era that, via its broadcast, strips bodies of color of agency and makes the pain of marginalized people a theatrical erotic in their unconsenting visibility. Thus, what is said in these pages is as valuable as that which remains unspoken, and what is seen must guide us to think of who remains invisible within image-making, either by creative choice, or by social force beyond.”
“A Time to Leave” – Short story, in The Island Review, posted April 19, 2017; edited in Glasgow and Shetland islands, Scotland, U.K. Tweet on 6:14 AM – 19 Apr 2017: “@theislandreview: New #shortstory ‘A Time to Leave’ by @vmramos is a stirring tale of island-hopping, nostalgia & longing.”
“Merry-Go-Round” – Short-short, in Hiedra Magazine, Issue 6, Spring 2016; Bloomington, Indiana; ISSN 2328-3653. From the editors: “Víctor Manuel Ramos’ ‘Merry-Go-Round considers the consequences (and perhaps the futility) of reducing land, animals, and humans to economic objects.”
“Plinio’s Walk” – Short story, in Popshot Magazine: The Illustrated Magazine of New Writing, Issue 10, “The Wild Issue,” London, United Kingdom; Autumn/Winter 2013. ISSN: 2041-4382. From the editor: “Plinio’s Walk is a ghost story that was originally penned as part of a Spanish-language novel that [the author] wrote about the struggles of poor Dominicans who find themselves forced to migrate in search of better lives. The author’s grandfather used to tell a less embellished version of it, claiming it had happened to him as a young man, and used it to frighten his grandchildren during power blackout nights. It was translated into English for this issue.”
“Una sombra inhumana” – Fragmento de novela, en VoCeS: Cuadernos de Literatura; mayo de 2009; publicada por Asociación Cultural VOCES, Granada, España. ISSN: 1887-7303. Editorial: “Una treintena de voces que han puesto su energía y obra para que esta publicación siga viendo la luz y respirando, continúen sus aguas frescas rodando en la corriente de la creatividad…”
“Nuevayor bajo la nieve” – Cuento, en Cuadernos de ALDEEU; Volumen XX, Núm. 1, abril de 2004; publicada por Asociación de Licenciados y Doctores Españoles en Estados Unidos y editada en Miami Shores, Florida. ISNN: 0740-0632. Del director: Esta es una de “algunas piezas literarias inéditas tanto en prosa como en verso que tratan sobre la ciudad moderna”.
Contributions and anthologies / Colaboraciones y antologías
“La vida pasajera”, Biblioteca Digital, Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. La presente obra fue ganadora del primer certamen literario de la ANLE que versó sobre el género de novela. Republicado en 2024.
“PopShot Magazine”: The artist and illustrator Brian Edward Miller discusses creating the illustration for the short story “Plinio’s Walk” in PopShot Magazine, Oct. 1, 2013.
“La vida pasajera, de Víctor Manuel Ramos, y la narrativa dominicana en Nueva York”, Gerardo Piña-Rosales, Boletín de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, Número 14, 2011.
“El escritor dominicano Víctor Manuel Ramos fue premiado por la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua”, Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua, 5 de mayo, 2011.
“El escritor dominicano Víctor Manuel Ramos fue premiado por la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua”, Fundeú, 3 de mayo, 2011.
“El ganador del premio ANLE asegura que hay que preservar el español”, Agencia EFE, Fundéu BBVA, 7 de septiembre, 2010.
