”Editor Sabrina Vourvoulias blogged about some of her top picks of the year, but sent us a top pick: Gina Ruiz’ “Lorca Green.” This story was published in Lowriting: Shots, Rides, & Stories From the Chicano Soul, and delves into the lives of alienated kids, twisting a tale of sexual abuse and murder into a magical narrative.” — Stubby the Rocket (https://www.tor.com/2014/12/23/favorite-short-fiction-2014/)
“…that said, one of my favorite non-expository pieces is not a poem at all, but former bloguera Gina Ruiz’ inventive story, “Lorca Green.” Ruiz’ story comes with a familiar theme of alienated kids and sexual abuse. There’s a collection of neighborhood kids and a pachuco outcast. The vato has a soft spot for the girl narrating the story. Ruiz’ skillful narration leads the reader to what seems a set-piece rape scene when Ruiz kills the narrator. The dead girl’s voice wraps up the loose ends and brings matters to a heart-satisfying close.” — Michael Sedano (https://labloga.blogspot.com/2014/03/low-writers-fly-high.html).
“It is a story that manages to be funny, charming, and pointed, all at once, and introduces characters that recur in “Dopey’s Ride” and in the harsh and moving “Lorca Green” (which first appeared in BSP’s 2014 anthology, “Lowriting: Shots, Rides & Stories from the Chicano Soul, which I truly believe ought to be on the ballot for a Nebula”
— Sabrina Vourvoulias (https://www.tor.com/2015/02/02/looking-at-us-latino-latina-speculative-writers-and-stories/)