Paraguayan literary scholar Teresa Méndez Faith has released three new volumes of short stories, closing a ten-book collection that originated from her YouTube channel, according to an interview published by El Nacional. The series, titled Cuentos y relatos de mi tierra colorada... en YouTube, began as a weekly radio segment in February 2019, initiated by her brother Epifanio Méndez Vall on the program Panorama de Noticias of La Voz Latina in Buenos Aires.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Méndez Faith expanded the project into illustrated audiovisual combos on YouTube, eventually compiling them into print. The first three volumes, published in 2025, include: Volume 1, a tribute to ten great masters of Paraguayan letters; Volume 2, ten texts conceived during the pandemic; and Volume 3, ten science fiction and fantasy stories.
Méndez Faith emphasized a deliberate gender parity in each volume, with five female and five male authors per book. She noted that while historical factors led to more male publications in Paraguay, the situation has changed since the 1980s, and her collection aims to reflect contemporary equality. The full ten-volume series will feature 100 writers—50 women and 50 men—drawn from the 154 stories currently on her YouTube channel.
Upcoming volumes include Volume 8, focusing on migration, exile, and displacement—a recurring theme in Paraguayan literature tied to the 1947 Civil War and the Stroessner dictatorship. Volume 9 will explore mystery, suspense, and horror, blending Guaraní folklore with Gothic influences. Volume 10, as reported by El Nacional, continues the thematic approach, though details were not fully disclosed in the interview.
Méndez Faith described the collection as a significant contribution to documenting Paraguay's literary heritage, offering pedagogical value for studying social history, migration, and the psychology of exile through human narratives.