Cuban short story writing continued to increase in the 1980s. Relevant books from this decade include "El niño aquel" (1980) and "El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo" by Senel Paz, "Tierrasanta" (1982) by Plácido Hernández Fuentes, "El jardín de las flores silvestres" (1982) by Miguel Mejides, "Las llamas en el cielo" (1983) by Félix Luis Viera, "Donjuanes" and "Fabriles" (1986) by Reinaldo Montero, "Descubrimiento del azul" (1987) by Francisco López Sacha, "Sin perder la ternura" (1987) by Luis Manuel García Méndez, "Se permuta esta casa" (1988) by Guillermo Vidal, "El diablo son las cosas" (1988) by Mirta Yáñez, "Noche de sábado" (1989) by Abel Prieto Jiménez, "La vida es una semana" (1990) by Arturo Arango and "Ofelias" by Aida Bahr.