Proposals for "A great finale" received for the IV Short Story Contest of the International Institute

Grand finale fourth edition short stories

ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH ( "There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her"):

20. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her; there are no signs of his passage. The unknown is not surprising. Consciousness died gagged but who cares?

21. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. The author thought before his work. Immediately afterwards he destroyed his first completed work and gave up studying fine arts.

22. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Macabre prophecy that predicted the total destruction of the earth after the fatal test on D-day, H hour.

23. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Except me. Every first of the month I bring her her favorite flowers. I don't know how I'm going to do it when I leave with her.

24. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. But she realized his mistake by noticing the bottomless emptiness in his heart. Each unconsoled tear bore her name.

25. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Nobody missed her because there was no other, there were others, many, so many that she lost count.

26. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. A nonsense, an unreason, a whisper in the silence that disappeared.

27. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. The memory of her will vanish like foam from the sea. Like sand between the fingers it will slip away and will not come back.

28. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. No one knew her, no one knew who she was. No one wanted to bother to find out what she kept inside herself.

29. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Who cares about the truth? There's only one truth, but no one wants to hear it, so I'm not even going to bother saying it.

30. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Forget it, she won't come back, she's not, she left, she's not here, she didn't leave anything, she didn't take anything and she didn't take anything from you, find out now.

31. 'There was one, there won't be another, and no one will ever miss her.", rejoiced the serpent as it picked at its fangs with the real rib of Adam.

32. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Desolation, unarmed shacks, graves. In the medicine cabinet a skeleton with a white coat. His diary book read: Epidemic defeated.

33. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. There was a girl on the train who slept with her mouth open. With a single long kiss she ended up drowned between my lips.

34. -There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her

-As was?

-With a poem. The sheet of paper tore at his neck as if I had never done anything else in my life.

35. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Because I caught the apple that was going to fall on my friend Isaac Newton.

36. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. Last night he dreamed of Borges. She paid dearly for it. Today (until when?) she is the dreamer and he is the dreamer.

37. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. An indisposition of mine canceled the function in the theater, the night of April 14, 1865, which Abraham Lincoln was going to attend.

38. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. The sadness of this January's calendar page. She stretched out the days in black and they flew without a shadow. Damn time off. 

39. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. I finally drowned out your bitterness. She didn't even resist. She sank without a fight. He lacked guts. 

40. "There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her": she was a child killer, many flowers on the sea, it is said that she never cried.

41. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. It ended very badly. She fell in love with an impossible. No one ever supported her.

42. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. I mean, that time I swept the ground with my eyebrows, hugged myself when I stumbled and swore not to take flight. Who cares, I don't remember anymore.

43. 'There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her”, murmured the king of the blind before he died. Only the wizard smiled, his concoction had worked, he could see a sunset.

44. 'There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her.” This last he said in a low voice, despite being alone in the car. "Mother-in-law, I'll be glad to see you today," he thought, straightening his tie.

 45. There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her. He spent his life among the poor, doing good. One day he passed away and few will remember his legacy of love.

ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH ( "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board"):

5. Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. As rivers wish to give their water to the most beautiful fish. It's the law of the sea written with the music of the waves.

CHILDREN/JUNIOR CATEGORY – IN SPANISH ( "It was a cold winter day and the snowflakes were falling like white feathers."):

4. It was a cold winter day and the snowflakes were falling like white feathers.. The unicorn had a beautiful mane and a long goatee...

5. It was a cold winter day and the snowflakes were falling like white feathers.. The being that appeared in the foreground was very strange. He had a young look, but a long beard, very very gray.

6. It was a cold winter day and the snowflakes were falling like white feathers.. Her eyes looked into an oval-shaped mirror, which seemed to be made of gold and which reflected...

7. It was a cold winter day and the snowflakes were falling like white feathers.. A mysterious being, on a gray background, invited us to a fantastic and dreamy world...

8. It was a cold winter day and the snowflakes were falling like white feathers. Holding the mirror and stroking the unicorn was a pale-eyed lady with long hair gathered in a beautiful turban...

CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH ( "The sun did not shine it was too wet to play so we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day"):

4. The sun did not shine it was too wet to play so we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day. The ants are hiding in their holes. Birds huddle in their nests. It's my birthday. Anxious, I hope next to the fireplace.

5. The sun did not shine it was too wet to play so we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day. Our feeling was of friendship and union. We will never forget it!

 

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