Brigitte en Acción: Flores de sangre

This Spanish-language pulp magazine installment features "Flores de sangre" (Blood Flowers), authored by Lou Carrigan. The story opens at the Swarchtz psychiatric sanatorium in Geneva, Switzerland, where the beautiful young patient Monique Lafrance arrives displaying acute persecution mania and nervous crisis. She is accompanied by Jean Fabert and Armand Lamotte, editors of the Parisian literary weekly *Les Jours de Paris*, where Lafrance works as a contributor. Upon arrival, Lafrance demonstrates hostile and aggressive behavior toward staff, particularly insulting the attendant Konrad for his appearance while favoring the handsome attendant Guido. Dr. Marlene Moeller, the sanatorium's psychiatrist, expresses concern about Lafrance's potential dangerousness. The renowned director Dr. Karl Swarchtz meets with Fabert and Lamotte to discuss treatment, emphasizing the clinic's sophisticated methods and its secure facilities, including isolation cells for acute crises. The narrative establishes Lafrance as a complex figure—outwardly childlike yet possessed of unusual psychological depth and intelligence beneath her youthful beauty.