Published in La Esfera (1924), "Cuento de Lobos" tells the story of a man, a " wrongly shaped cicada", who suffers the consequences of his affluent life and must face the past and its consequences.

Part of "Novela erotica" (1909), "El crimen de Julián Ensor" narrates the unhappy marriage of a man and his beautiful wife and the circle of enigmas that surround them.

"La Hermana" was published in "La Hoja de Parra" (1911). The death of his wife creates a great emptiness in Lucio, and his mind begins to venture into what appear to be fantasies.

"A muerte" was collected in "Cuatro libras de felicidad" (1933). A battle between man and machine, confronted in this story in which technology and its role with the human being is brought to the forefront.

Published in "Blanco y Negro" (1918), it presents us with a soldier who evokes the rawness of war conflicts and reflects on the Great War as man's traveling companion.

One of the most beautiful literary pieces of his production: a bestiary that, under the name of «Egolatría», gathered in his book "La casa de fieras" (1922), dedicated to «to our colleagues on land, at sea and in the air», animals, and which reflect the love for Nature that always accompanied him.

Alfonso Hernández-Catá also liked to write poetry, as demonstrated by these five haikus of delicate sensitivity, the title of the volume, "El alma de los muertos", was taken from one of these verses.