pulps
Surgieron de las profundidades
This Spanish-language science fiction pulp magazine issue, number 357 in Editorial Bruguera's "La Conquista del Espacio" (The Conquest of Space) series from June 1977, features "Surgieron de las Profundidades" (They Emerged from the Depths) by A. Thorkent. The narrative follows Henry Grenier, an American researcher conducting a secretive expedition in the Arizona desert near Mesitas, accompanied by his Mexican assistant Andrés Díaz. While Henry spends his evenings with Manolita in town, Andrés goes hunting. Frightened and pale, Andrés returns claiming he encountered and shot at what he believed was a bear—extraordinary for the region. Henry skeptically accompanies Andrés to investigate the site. Upon reaching a rocky canyon with cave entrances, they encounter a dark mass that attacks, multiplying into multiple entities that surround Henry. The narrative then shifts to Sheriff Hans Riks at a local bar. The text suggests an encounter with something anomalous emerging from the desert depths, though the OCR becomes fragmentary toward the conclusion.