Gota de lluvia

Raindrop

I have a job that never ends, but I don’t complain because I get to see many places around the world and I always travel with company. Although I live in an endlessly repetitive cycle, two events helped me not get bored of this eternal routine. One day, after having Read more

Arte en llamas

Art on Fire

While a couple was enjoying the sunset, they noticed the sky was warping far beyond the impressionist style in which it was created. The oily sea, despite its appearance as a body of water, was not enough to quell the increasing heat. The frame and the limits of the canvas Read more

Mosquito buzzing zumbido

Buzzings

I could not sleep. A mosquito’s intermittent singing was drilling my ears; it was worse than the chronic pain of my shoulders that doesn’t allow me to lie on the side. I was slapping everywhere in the dark, hoping luck would make my hand and the annoying bug concur in Read more

Born in mars

Born in Mars

I’m the firstborn of Mars. My name is “Martian the First,” Martin for short. My parents were friends with benefits. They conceived me against the commandments of the mission during the third cargo trip. They hid me from the government on Earth, with the help of the rest of the Read more

Evil lemon

“The lemon arrived”

“The lemon arrived, the lemon.” This is the street cry that I have been listening to for several days. It comes from that outside world abandoned by the majority while being occupied by an invisible enemy. That owns the bodies, controls them. You don’t know who is possessed because they Read more

The vital partner

“I won’t let you go!”“Why do you do this?”“I can’t live without you, I’m breathless without you.”“I want to be free like the others.”“No! you are mine and mine only!”“You are a crazy woman, I’ll explode if you keep pushing.”“If I let you go, I’d die.”“That’s a lie, any other Read more