Dusty Lighthouse

RomanceA1 Flash Tales

22 stories

Noche de Navidad
She eats alone on Christmas. He works alone. They talk all night. She leaves a note: same time next year. Learn Spanish A1.

Noche de Navidad

Christmas Night

Cada Día el Primer Beso
He cannot remember. Each day is new. But she is there. Each day he asks her name. Each day he falls in love. Learn Spanish A1.

Cada Día el Primer Beso

Every Day the First Kiss

Cinco Años de Silencio
Five years watching her read. Never a word. She leaves. Then appears at his door. She was watching him too. Learn Spanish A1.

Cinco Años de Silencio

Five Years of Silence

Flores Cada Viernes
His wife is gone. But every Friday he buys red roses. He cannot stop. Love does not die. It only waits. Learn Spanish A1.

Flores Cada Viernes

Flowers Every Friday

Su Nombre en la Tierra
She writes his name in the sand each year. He died ten years ago. Today someone else writes his name. His brother. Learn Spanish A1.

Su Nombre en la Tierra

Her Name in the Sand

La Canción de Mamá
She listens to a man play music each night. It is her song. Her mother gave it to him. Her mother is gone now. Learn Spanish A1.

La Canción de Mamá

Mother's Song

Seis Horas
Six hours on a plane. They tell each other everything. She leaves. He cannot let her go. He runs. She waits. Learn Spanish A1.

Seis Horas

Six Hours

La Panadería
Twenty years away. He returns to his village. She is still in the bakery. She knows his bread. She never forgot. Learn Spanish A1.

La Panadería

The Bakery

El Paraguas Azul
He returns her blue umbrella. After ten years. He searched every city. He saw her crying once. He never forgot. Learn Spanish A1.

El Paraguas Azul

The Blue Umbrella

El Libro de Ana
She gave him a book thirty years ago. He never returned it. Inside: thirty years of love letters. Unspoken words. Learn Spanish A1.

El Libro de Ana

Ana's Book

La Botella del Mar
She wrote a letter at ten. Put it in a bottle. Twenty years later, he finds it. He searched for her. Learn Spanish A1.

La Botella del Mar

The Bottle From the Sea

La Promesa del Puente
If we are alone at forty, meet here. She waits three hours. He hid behind a tree all night. Afraid she would not come. Learn Spanish A1.

La Promesa del Puente

The Bridge Promise

La Historia de la Parada
He is eighty. His last day. He tells young lovers about meeting his wife here, fifty years ago. His granddaughter listens. Learn Spanish A1.

La Historia de la Parada

The Bus Stop Story

El Café
A thousand days. Same coffee. Same table. She looks at him. He looks at her. Today she orders tea. Today they speak. Learn Spanish A1.

El Café

The Coffee Shop

La Casa Sola
He buys the old house. A rose still lives in the garden. She gave him a rose here. He messages her. She comes. Learn Spanish A1.

La Casa Sola

The Empty House

El Último Día
His last day on earth. He goes to the bus stop where he met Rosa. He helps his granddaughter. Rosa appears in the light. Learn Spanish A1.

El Último Día

The Last Day

El Hombre de la Mañana
Ten years. Same cafe. Same looks. No words. One day he is gone. He left a note: you were the best part of my day. Learn Spanish A1.

El Hombre de la Mañana

The Morning Man

La Foto Pequeña
She looked at his photo for twenty years. Found in an old book. Now she sees him at the airport. He has her photo too. Learn Spanish A1.

La Foto Pequeña

The Little Photo

El Segundo Café
Two coffees. One empty. Ten years. She returns. The coffee is cold. But she drinks it. It is perfect. Learn Spanish A1.

El Segundo Café

The Second Coffee

El Tren de las Seis
Every Friday she reads on the train. He wants to say hello. One day she is gone. Her book remains. Inside: please talk to me. Learn Spanish A1.

El Tren de las Seis

The Six PM Train

La Luz
He left for another city. Put a light in your window if you still love me. Twenty years of light. He is back. Learn Spanish A1.

La Luz

The Light

Tres Palabras
He could never say I love you. She left. Ten years later, he calls. She answers: I love you too. Then silence. Learn Spanish A1.

Tres Palabras

Three Words