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Pequeño despiste (A Minor Slip-Up) by Miguel Ángel López Muñoz, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu

Spanish (original)

Pequeño despiste

Encontraron al alien muerto en el suelo, junto a una nota que ponía ‘recuerda respirar’.

English (translation)

A Minor Slip-Up

They found the dead alien on the ground next to a note that said, “Remember to breathe.”

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Miguel Ángel López Muñoz

Born and raised in 1981 in Madrid, winner of the UPC Award in 2006 and many other prizes. He has published more than a hundred short stories. His latest work is the horror novella La Perversión Fractal (2018). He was also the singer and lyricist of the band Balamb Garden.