Twilight's Flash Fiction / Relatos cortos crepusculares

Handkerchiefs 12 And that's where Tom discovered unstable space. Regions of space that suddenly was disappearing, taking everything in them. Also, and suddenly, regions of space were created and brought new forms of universes, new fauna, new cities with new and different inhabitants, and new physical phenomena such as transition, whereby an inhabitant of one region of space could instantly travel to another, making use of unstable space. The new physical laws also made it possible to travel within beings and discover living micro universes. Pañuelos 12 Y allí descubrió Tom el espacio inestable. Regiones del espacio súbitamente desaparecían llevándose todo lo que había en ellas. También, y de modo repentino, se creaban regiones del espacio y traían nuevas formas de universos, nueva fauna, nuevas ciudades con nuevos y distintos habitantes, y nuevos fenómenos físicos como la transición, por la cual, un habitante de una región del espacio podía viajar instantáneamente a otra, ...

Jasmines Kind night, smell of jasmine. Naked them my skin and soul, the sea breeze and solitude accompany me. Silvering flashes that waves dress them in blue, and the water dangerously approaching my feet. Slowly it climbs up my legs, torso... and reaches my neck. Sirius sends me a signal from the other side of the day, and my eyes become supplicant to the shore. Sirius knows I must. And the same force that cared for me as a child whispers new universes to me, new footprints in other waters.    Jazmines La noche amable, olor a jazmines. Desnudas la piel y el alma, la brisa marina y la soledad me acompañan. Destellos plateados que las olas visten de azul, y el agua acercándose peligrosamente a mis pies. Lentamente trepa por mis piernas, torso… y llega al cuello. Sirio me envía una señal desde el otro lado del día, y mis ojos se vuelven suplicantes a la orilla. Sirio sabe que debo hacerlo. Y la misma fuerza que me cuidaba cuando era niño, me susurra universos ...

Confessions I'd like to tell you that I don't feel bad about anything anymore. I would like you to know that those thoughts that martyred me have ceased. Even, from time to time, I play to be the one I was before, for pure entertainment, because I find myself uncomfortable in the body of this new being. Accustomed to the inertia of things, the new is a challenge, a danger. So, as you can imagine, I'm on a tightrope every time I don't feel bad about anything. Confesiones Me gustaría decirte que ya no me siento mal por nada. Me gustaría que supieras que aquellos pensamientos que me martirizaban, han cesado. Incluso, de vez en cuando, juego a ser el de antes, por puro entretenimiento, porque me encuentro algo incómodo en el cuerpo de este nuevo ser. Acostumbrado a la inercia de las cosas, lo nuevo es un reto, un peligro. Así que, como puedes imaginar, estoy en la cuerda floja cada vez que no me siento mal por nada.

Eternity Hi. I am caming to tell you that today is the first day of my last month of life. I have been diagnosed with a terminal illness here in Paradise, and I have to return to the world of the living within a few days. Today they have communicated it to me with certain mistrust, and for being my first day I wanted to tell you that I am going to miss you, I am going to miss you very much. I still haven't prepared my trip. I just need a few things: intuition, patience, compassion and a good dose of love for the living. If only we could keep in touch. If I could have you close, there, on Earth, how different it would be! I will try to return as soon as possible, and see to it that no mortal disease ever separates me from you again. I will remember every minute with you. And when I come back, it will be so that we will never be separated. Eternidad Hola. Vengo a decirte que hoy es el primer día de mi último mes de vida. Me han diagnosticado una enfermedad terminal...

The wall We set out together, never imagining it would be the last time. It was a summer afternoon. The familiar streets seemed different, and the steep slopes leading to our castle conspired to make the journey gentler, almost perfect. At the top, a kiss awaited us. Then, the pale ghosts that haunted our past appeared. Weeping, they began to build a wall between us. The castle, helpless, did not know what to do. Its ancient walls, astonished, tried to persuade the new wall not to be born. But it was in vain. We climbed together. We came down apart. The wall, stronger than the walls of the castle, had fulfilled its mission. El muro Salimos juntos, sin imaginar que sería la última vez. Era una tarde de verano. Las calles de siempre parecían distintas, y las empinadas cuestas que conducían a nuestro castillo se conjuraron para hacer el camino más amable, casi perfecto. Al llegar arriba, nos esperaba un beso. Después, los pálidos fantasma...

Handkerchiefs 11 It was impossible not to see that slender tower, the place where spirits were welcomed. Its extraordinary structure cast an immense shadow over the walls of the swangdoms, constructions which varied in shape and colour in the wake of the thoughts of the spirits who inhabited them. Thus, a multicolored space created by an endless number of swangdoms extended to the horizon, dotted with infinite colors changing the amber carpet that was the floor. The shadows that the pink light lent to objects and beings, were blurred until they disappeared when it came to spirits, so that his friend was not accompanied by any shadow. Tom entered with some apprehension when his friend invited him to go inside his swangdom, but as his eyes became accustomed to the warm luminosity of its interior, the peace that transmitted that living place reached the deepest of his soul. Pañuelos 11 Era imposible no ver aquella esbelta torre, el lugar en el que se daba la bienvenida ...

Handkerchiefs 10 Tom never ceased to be surprised by the experiences he was living. His father had also warned him of the dangers of his desires. He should learn to control his desires, because they would become reality. Thus, Tom, without realizing it, remembered his friend, the person who saved his life and his companions and who was no longer in this world. He was again surprised by the ray of light that invited him into it. Tom agreed to his request and closed his eyes. Suddenly he was invaded by an intense smell of violets. When he opened them, he found himself in front of his friend, the one with the handkerchiefs. An intense emotion appeared in his eyes. Then he learned that this world is a place of passage, and that the spirits of those who leave it populate distant planets. The ray of light had transported him instantly to that planet where the perfume of violets and the pink light of the horizon welcome those who, like him, escape from the second world. Pañuelo...

Handkerchiefs 9 It was a cold, rainy night. Katy was driving slowly. She was on her way back from the supermarket when her cell phone rang. She answered the call and someone told her that her uncle had just died under strange circumstances. Sadness and amazement. Without passing by her house she went to her uncle's house on the other side of the city. She remembered that they had not seen each other for years. Her uncle had always been a little strange, and she had never guessed why. She climbed the stairs to the first floor and two police officers flanked the front door to the house. Coming from the inside was the loud voice of someone in charge of the case. One of the officers entered to warn superintendent she was there, and then the superintendent went out and Katy told him who she was. Without a comment, the commissioner took her to the bedroom. Her uncle's body, covered with a sheet, was on the bed. Nearby was an open trunk and someone had taken out part of its con...

Handkerchiefs 8 That was the beginning of thirty years of friendship. He did not confess to anyone that extraordinary and long relationship, and so that his friends would stay safe when he was passed away, he thought of confining them in a box in a post office box. During those thirty years he knew that they were extraordinary beings whose fundamental characteristic was the sacrifice for others and the importance that friendship had for them, something that is not often given among human beings. They lived at his home all that time, always trying to communicate with the beings on their planet. Meanwhile, moments of melancholy and sadness gave way to hope and kind confidences, to the extraordinary stories of their lives, far away, on that cold and dark planet, but at the same time, the planet was their sweet home. Pañuelos 8 Aquello fue el principio de treinta años de amistad. No le confesó a nadie aquella extraordinaria y larga relación, y para que sus amigos se mant...

Handkerchiefs 7 He ran down the stairs and approached the hole. Remains of primroses were scattered everywhere, and the land on which he had planted them had disappeared. Next to the remains of the flowers were metal fragments and bits of crystals. He could also see a small hole in the center of the hole. When he tried to enlarge the hole with a small shovel, he discovered that there was a corrugated tube that should not be there. When he tried to extract it, a very weak cry for help made him stop. He didn't know what to do when he saw a small being asking for help coming out of the tube. He thought he hadn't woken up yet and that it was all a dream, but his insistence on asking for his help brought him back to reality. He stretched out his hand and that being climbed up to his palm and told him that in the subsoil there were installations in which other beings like him took refuge. Pañuelos 7 Bajó atropelladamente las escaleras y se acercó al socavón. Había ...