Twilight's Flash Fiction / Relatos cortos crepusculares

Neglect He was careless for an instant and a feeling fell to the ground and broke. It wasn't just any feeling. He knelt down and began to pick up the countless bits scattered on the floor. A day passed and another day. A year passed and another year. And it happened to pass by the one who sees everything, and knowing that he would still have to be many years to complete his work, he took pity on him and asked him. "Is that feeling that has broken you so important?" "It is my mother's, which has been with me since she died and is the food of my soul to continue living". The one who sees everything gathered the pieces that were scattered on the ground and gave them to him. -It is my wish that this feeling continues to be part of you and that your soul feels protected until the end of your days. Descuido Se descuidó un instante y un sentimiento se le cayó al suelo y se rompió. No era un sentimiento cualquiera. Se arrodilló y empezó a recoger los incontables tro...

The D ream of Time You think you exist but you know very well that you are not, and you have never been, nor will you be. Your existence is not real, because you are nothing more than an instant in the dream of time. El sueño del tiempo Crees que existes, pero sabes muy bien que no eres, ni has sido nunca, ni jamás serás. Tú existencia no es real, porque solo eres un instante en el sueño del tiempo.

Elysium Mons The ship came to rest gently on the arid soil of Elysium Mons, located at the coordinates 25 N, 213 W, of Mars. The duration of interstellar travel required entire families to embark to ensure that young crew members could replace the older ones in due course and thus ensure the success of the missions. On an experimental journey through the galaxy, the ship approached the solar system and established contact with the Interplanetary Brotherhood on Earth. In fact, there was a close collaboration between the different beings that inhabited the planets and satellites of the galaxy to preserve harmony and proper functioning between them. In collaboration with the Near Space Unit of Planet Earth, they managed to find out that the little boy, confusing Mars with Earth, tried to see his friend, whom he had met on his previous trip. They found his little green body in one of the folds of the ground. No one could explain how the little boy had left the ship without anyone or the se...

 Iguanodon One rainy day, an iguanodon stumbled across a Higgs boson. He was surprised by that coincidence, especially considering that their universes were very different and that time passed differently for them as well. As both had the gift of communication, the iguanodon paid its respects to the boson by bowing its head, to which the boson responded by taking off his hat. Everyone knows that on rainy days the bosons are prone to getting cold. Our iguanodon, who inhabited the Earth a million years after humans had disappeared, had studied their behavior and knew that they hadn't behaved well with the bosons. In the particle accelerators, they had been isolated so they couldn't communicate. In fact, the disappearance of the human race was a consequence of the revenge of the bosons. For all this, the iguanodon felt a certain sympathy for the bosons and expressed it to the Higgs boson. The boson thanked him for his gift and invited him to visit his world. At that moment, the do...

 Caged in My Feelings It all began the day I was born. My mother gave birth to me in the sea. As I emerged from her womb, the sight of the aquamarine waters and the powerful taste of the sea became forever engraved in my consciousness. The scent of salt and the endless presence of the ocean have never left me—not until today. My father held me by my feet and turned me upside down. My brain rebelled, and in that instant my conscious self became forever entangled with my subconscious in an Oedipal struggle that lasted until the day my father died. Afterwards, I was forced to fight countless battles in a hostile and merciless world. Years after my father's death, my beloved mother succumbed to a long and painful illness, leaving me utterly alone. Whenever life conspired to exhaust the little strength I had left to survive, the aquamarine sea and its salty breath returned to comfort me. At the bottom of the sea, among the turquoise waters where I had been born, I always found the peace...

Tenderness She was happy. Until her daughter was born. She loved her more than life itself. She cherished her. Protected her. Cared for her until she became a little woman. Yet she never allowed anyone to see her for all those years. But she knew that, from then on... she would no longer be able to protect her. Sweet, sensual lips revealed flawless, immaculate teeth. Her skin, soft as silk, awakened in her mother an endless tenderness. She had a beautiful face. Were it not for one incomprehensible anomaly. Nature had made a mistake. Her eyes, of infinite blue, had been born upon her forehead. Two thick folds of skin covered the empty sockets. And one single question kept returning to her mother's soul. Why? Ternura Era feliz. Hasta que nació su hija. La quería más que a su propia vida. La mimó. La protegió. La cuidó hasta que se convirtió en una mujercita. Sin embargo, nunca permitió que nadie la viera durante tantos años. Pero sabía que, a partir de entonces... ...

Time and Eternity I wandered through Eternity, and without realizing it, I came to the place where Time lives. When I entered, Time asked me about her friend Eternity. Eternity has always been separate from Time, but Time adores it. He spares no effort to get her attention, but Eternity, undaunted, ignores his claims, knowing they will never be together. El tiempo y la eternidad Deambulaba por la eternidad, y sin darme cuenta, llegué al lugar en el que vive el tiempo. Cuando entré, el tiempo me preguntó por su amiga la eternidad. La eternidad siempre ha estado separada del tiempo, pero el tiempo la adora. Éste no escatima esfuerzos para que ella le preste atención, pero la eternidad, impávida, ignora sus pretensiones, sabiendo que nunca estarán juntos.

Other Worlds World Government laws were very clear on this: any accident resulting in death would be sentenced to link the author to the family of the deceased, for whom he would work for the rest of his life. The driver got out of the car and was horrified to discover the limp body of someone, most of whom remained under the car, a tenth-generation Tesla. The torn suit was revealing part of the arm that protruded from under the side of the left front wheel. A small puddle of a green liquid spread slowly soaking up the tire and advancing towards the sidewalk. He had run over an alien. He still did not know that the alien was a diplomat from the 2A System, in charge of negotiations between the World Government and the representatives of his System to establish an economic collaboration agreement. Panic seized him. He walked a few steps and lost consciousness, falling into the puddle of green liquid. He woke up in the hospital. A Government Delegation was waiting to explain his situatio...

The Game of Chess 1 After three hundred years and endless moves in which the mastery of both contenders was manifested, Almanzor achieved checkmate. Alexius, annoyed, asked him for time to inform his people of the new world order. When the news spread around the world, the families of the contenders on both sides were happy, especially because thousands of combatants killed in combat would resume their lives, which would pass through other spaces and times as if nothing had happened. Pope Urban ll reacted energetically, reproaching Alexius 1 for the foolishness of his decision, refusing to admit the change in course of world history. La partida de ajedrez 1 Después de trescientos años y un sinfín de jugadas en las que se manifestaba la maestría de ambos contendientes, Almanzor consiguió el jaque mate. Alejo, contrariado, le pidió tiempo para informar a su pueblo del nuevo orden del mundo. Cuando la noticia se extendió por el orbe, las familias de los contendientes de ambos bandos se al...

  The Game of Chess Al-Mansur advanced White's right bishop to challenge Alexios I Comneno's black knight. It was a timeless game that took place in the center of the Universe. The two men had followed each other through time, though only in the singularity of the collision of two space-time structures had allowed them to meet face to face. Al-Mansur had learned of the existence of Alexios I in his travels in the future, and challenged the Byzantine emperor to rewrite history, so that if Al-Mansur defeated him, the first crusade would not take place, thus choosing one of the infinitely many. different futures for history. Alexios I Comneno, sure of his triumph, did not hesitate to accept that matchless challenge. La partida de ajedrez Almanzor avanzó el alfil derecho blanco para desafiar al caballo negro de Alejo I Comneno. Era una partida atemporal que tenía lugar en el centro del Universo. Los dos hombres se habían perseguido a través del tiempo, aunque solo en la singulari...