Mientras dormíamos

El mundo que damos por sentado está por terminar. Una sociedad en donde individualismo y aislamiento se coronan como logros de una vida independiente está indefensa ante una amenaza existencial. Tras décadas de valorar el egoísmo como el mejor motivador social, en la nueva realidad nadie se podrá salvar solo. Dánica Pastore vive sola en una ciudad sudamericana. Está orgullosa de su independencia, aunque sea ilusoria, y se preocupa por liberarse de ansiedades superfluas; los problemas cotidianos se arreglan solos. En una cálida noche, Dánica se fue a dormir en su mundo de riesgos controlados, pero se despertó en otra realidad. Una nueva y despiadada enfermedad ha tomado a la humanidad desprevenida. La gente cae inconsciente por intervalos cada vez más prolongados. La pandemia de narcolepsia impide encontrar una cura o ayudar a otros. Muy pronto lo impensable se convierte en certeza. El fin está cerca.

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The sound of alarms, the buildings crumbling and blazing fires, people shouting and crying, the crackling sound of guns firing in the distance and sometimes nearby, all of that frightened her, but the silence that followed was worse.

“While I was sleeping, the rats and ravens have feasted on those decaying corpses…,” Danica grumbled on the wrist recorder, “I’m counting fewer bodies. Some might have woken up while I was sleeping and walked away. They could not have gone far, though. By now, all must be dead.” She was leaning her forehead on the balcony rails, breathing heavily to shake out her nausea. “If you ask me, dragging those people down to the street was a dumb idea.” She looked away, shaking her head, “I would rather die at home than be eaten by animals while I’m unconscious.”

A rare historical snapshot of the slender men, allegedly seen around the world during the fall. Photo taken in Zhmerynka, Ukraine, on July 7, 2047.

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