Dusty Lighthouse

Sci-FiA1 Flash Tales

23 stories

No Es Mi Hija
His daughter died. Scientists made a copy. Perfect in every way. His wife is happy. But he knows. Something is wrong. Learn Spanish A1.

No Es Mi Hija

Not My Daughter

Siete Días
A voice says: seven days. Monday he is old. Tuesday he is young. By Sunday he is a baby. The gift was not more time. Learn Spanish A1.

Siete Días

Seven Days

El Bebé de Mañana
Her baby comes tomorrow. A man appears. He is twenty. He is her son. He came to take the baby place. Now there is no baby. Learn Spanish A1.

El Bebé de Mañana

The Baby From Tomorrow

La Mejor Copia
He makes a copy to work for him. The copy makes friends. Finds love. The copy lives. He just watches. Who is real now? Learn Spanish A1.

La Mejor Copia

The Better Copy

El Niño Que Sabe
A child tells him: you die Friday. A red car. He has seen it a thousand times. This time he can change it. Or can he? Learn Spanish A1.

El Niño Que Sabe

The Boy Who Knows

La Elección
Her baby is gone. A man appears. Her son from the future. She must choose: keep him or get her baby back. Only one can exist. Learn Spanish A1.

La Elección

The Choice

Pasado Mañana
A machine shows tomorrow. He sees his friend house. Flowers on the door. His friend is not there. Now he knows his friend time. Learn Spanish A1.

Pasado Mañana

The Day After Tomorrow

El Último Real
His family is happy now. Too happy. Since that white flash. He is the only real one left. Tomorrow he will become like them. Learn Spanish A1.

El Último Real

The Last Real One

El Último Mensaje
His father died yesterday. Today his father sends a message: See you soon. A light appears in the sky. They are going to him. Learn Spanish A1.

El Último Mensaje

The Last Message

La Carta de Mí
A letter in his handwriting: Do not go to work. You will die. He stays home. His friend goes instead. His friend dies. Learn Spanish A1.

La Carta de Mí

The Letter From Me

La Caja de Recuerdos
He wakes with no memories. His brother has a box with his life inside. He did something bad. He will never know what. Learn Spanish A1.

La Caja de Recuerdos

The Memory Box

El Mensaje de Mañana
Each night, words appear telling tomorrow. Tonight: there is no tomorrow for you. Morning comes. Everyone is gone. Only him. Learn Spanish A1.

El Mensaje de Mañana

The Message from Tomorrow

El Espejo del Mañana
His mirror shows tomorrow. Today it shows nothing. Just black. No face. No eyes. The mirror always tells the truth. Learn Spanish A1.

El Espejo del Mañana

The Mirror of Tomorrow

El Día Perdido
He wakes with blood on his clothes. His brother is gone. No one remembers him. A photo remains. What happened yesterday? Learn Spanish A1.

El Día Perdido

The Missing Day

La Hija Perfecta
They made a copy of his daughter. Everyone says it is her. But something in her eyes is wrong. She knows he knows. Learn Spanish A1.

La Hija Perfecta

The Perfect Daughter

La Madre Robot
A robot with his mother form. Same voice. Same love. At first he hates it. Five years later, he calls it mom. And means it. Learn Spanish A1.

La Madre Robot

The Robot Mother

El Mundo Dormido
Everyone sleeps. Only he is awake. A voice offers a choice: wake them to pain or let them dream in peace. There is no voice. Learn Spanish A1.

El Mundo Dormido

The Sleeping World

El Tren al Pasado
A train goes to the past. Only goes. His mother left when he was eight. To 1950. She is alive. But he cannot go to her. Learn Spanish A1.

El Tren al Pasado

The Train to the Past

El Abuelo Joven
A young man appears. He is his grandfather from the past. Tomorrow he dies at twenty. He wants to know: does he have a good life? Learn Spanish A1.

El Abuelo Joven

The Young Grandfather

Tres Segundos Antes
He sees his death three seconds before. Today it is getting longer. Five seconds. His dead mother appears. She says: not yet. Learn Spanish A1.

Tres Segundos Antes

Three Seconds Ahead

El Aviso del Martes
A letter in his writing: do not go to work. He stays home. His friend goes. His friend dies. Tomorrow there are two names. Learn Spanish A1.

El Aviso del Martes

Tuesday's Warning

Dos Mundos
When he sleeps, he lives in another world. Two families love him. He is exhausted. Tonight he chooses one. The other is gone forever. Learn Spanish A1.

Dos Mundos

Two Worlds

Sin Ayer
Blood on his hands. He cannot remember yesterday. His brother is gone. No one remembers him. They are coming for him now. Learn Spanish A1.

Sin Ayer

Without Yesterday