Twilight's Flash Fiction / Relatos cortos crepusculares

  The Unexpected It was dawning with the star Sidha, while the star Rhon, more distant, was located on the other part of the planet. I had gone out with the ship to bring the algae to the groups of beings alnodes, with which they fed and at the same time fed the microscopic bisphos, which helped them to metabolize the living algae. Alnode beings provide us with the resources to neutralize poisonous gases that pollute the planet's atmosphere. Surprisingly, when I was crossing the belt of soileus, vegetables that produce sweet and fleshy fruits essential for our food and which is located at a distance of several minutes from the surface of the planet, an object crossed the belt from east to west and fell on the amaranth plain. I diverted the course of the ship and approached the artifact that, motionless, had perched on the surface. I inspected its interior using the transparent gaze and verified that there was no movement of anything living inside. But when proceeding to a det...

  Amafis He met her on a Monday. The previous Sunday he had returned from Samarkand, where he was collaborating with Nikolay Veselovsky on the excavations. By a blessed chance, the train had stopped overnight due to heavy snowfall, and that circumstance had forced travelers to spend the night in a decaying and cold station. A few months earlier, in the midst of discovery fever, Nikolay asked him to accompany him. He wanted his opinion on the murals and paintings found in the strata dated to the 7th century AD. Following Nikolay's explanations, he carefully observed the murals and for a moment, it seemed to him that one of the figures represented on the mural, in which she appeared accompanying the King of Samarkand, was following him with her eyes. She was a very beautiful woman. Black eyes, like her hair, jet-black, sensual lips and a luminous, unforgettable face. He asked Nikolay about that lady but her presence in the mural was a mystery. In ancient texts she was not referre...