Twilight's Flash Fiction / Relatos cortos crepusculares

The New Scenario (1) January 2022 As a consequence of the global pandemic declared at the end of 2019, the countries of the European Union have decided to dissolve the Union, citing the ineffectiveness of its institutions. Africa, the continent hardest hit by the pandemic, has lost more than half of its population. Following the worst humanitarian catastrophe in its history, the United States has relinquished its position as the world's leading power to an unstoppable China. Meanwhile, Russia has revived the spectre of the former Soviet Union. The extraordinary rise of digital currencies during this brief period has transformed the global financial system, bringing the old economic order to an end. Traditional money has disappeared, and virtually all international transactions are now carried out using cryptocurrencies. Wealth has changed hands. The world's richest citizens now live in the countries least affected by the pandemic. Food prices across Europe have increased ...

The New Island Surprised, she got up to flee from the proximity of those birds that looked at her strangely and caused her a certain dislike. With her clothes ragged and numb, she tried to find a glimpse of buildings or signs that the island was inhabited. Nothing she could see from there allowed her any hope. She walked slowly away from the beach towards a small forest. She had always dreamed of the creatures that populate the forest, ever since her mother told her about their existence. With a certain suspicion, she approached that magical place and the branches of those enormous trees interwoven a cloak that hardly let sunlight pass. She went into the thicket and when she could barely see the entrance to the forest as a small luminous spark, she felt fear. Not for long, because as she advanced in the middle of that gloom, her feet gave way and she began to fall and fall ... La isla nueva Sorprendida, se levantó para huir de la proximidad de aquellas aves que la miraban extra...