Pricop slammed on the brakes, Vera almost smashed her nose on the windshield. What's wrong with you madman, where are you rushing to? Didn't you see that guy in the Mercedes taking us over? It was our neighbour, Panfil, and Gilda, his wife, they're provocking us. That's exactly what they did, I saw it. Ever since they got that expensive car, Gilda has cancelled our game nights, she's stuck-up now, she won't even say hello. You're right, Vera, it's a disaster. Forget about the game nights, as soon as they won the lottery, Gilda even stopped comming to our weekly relaxing sessions.
Yuka Brevi
He took a bag, a few coins, his headphones, and set off to buy bread. On the way, Zion filled his ears at maximum volume. In the underground city, the music made everyone forget the hardships of their ephemeral existence, swaying them ecstatically. In the semi-darkness, their skin glowed, and he was Neo himself. He had Trinity pinned beneath him, who, exhausted, looked up at him cross-eyed. A loud, robotic noise interrupted everything, causing him to drop the bag, headphones, and coins. It's red, you idiot! a truck driver snapped, breaking the spell at the crosswalk.
Ionuț Morariu
In the fauna of traffic light prophets, Ghideon was a unique creature. Between a red light and a rose-tinted moment, he read people like books. But he didn't scold his fellow humans like other prophets. He knew that rebuking the characters in someone else's story was like chasing Saharan dust. So, instead of clinging to people and shouting repent or judgment is near, he made invocations to no one: drink while you still have a mouth. Or those who love do not lack. Impressed, a young woman with a child was touched by the Word right on the crosswalk. What a toxic burden, Ghideon cried inside.
(Translated by Laurențiu-Gabriel Niculae / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year II / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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