Sci-Fi

Laura Stanciu
Wyd? School. Fck. That sucks. I got an f in math, dads cutting my allowance. Damn do they know abt english? No havent told them. That rlly sucks then. U cant buy cigs anymore. Nah ill get money from mom. The finals r the real problem tho. Ill help u w english I know some stuff. We can get a summary w chatgpt. Last yr they got away w cheating fck em theyll give us a passing grade cuz it looks bad 4 them if we fail. They dont get paid. I didnt go to priv lessons. Tutor didnt say anything yet but she ll call. Welp. Were fckd. Yo moron go to priv lessons and youll pass the exam. Man it would be some sci fi shit if I passed but I don't think I will.

Adriana Patroi Miu
The woman tasted the soup once more, then poured a ladle of it in the bowl. She painstakingly arranged all the parsley leaves in the shape of a heart. How else would she convey that she loves him? She had been working for them for 15 years and she hoped he would notice her. She'd wake up dreaming that he grabbed her by the waist and kissed her neck. She felt a bitter taste in her mouth. The leaves scattered around, hiding the forbidden substance. Eh, she thought to herself, platonic love worthy of S.F. (Soft Fiction), if not in this life maybe in the next one.
 
 Dan Banu
Electro-Gogu had stolen the heart of princess Quarrelia of the Fairy Galaxy. He wasn't all that special compared to other robots of his generation but he did have an anode and a cathode for hands, with which he could melt any metal, even thick casings like Quarrelia's. Three Princes-Without-Teeth (they deteriorated themselves in the fights between the pinions) were sent to rescue her but Gogu was unyielding. The offered him a high-tech CPU and some cozy-electrodes but Gogu refused. He turned her into a fountain in his yard. She gushes skyward 80 times per minute.

(Translated by Bogdan Nicola / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)