Two Hearts Beating
I’m very excited to announce the winner of our Robots flash fiction contest is Two Hearts Beating by Marcelo Medone.
Thank you to everyone who submitted stories. It was definitely hard to pick a winner, and it was exciting to see a mix of stories from regular contributors and brand new authors.
If anyone has any suggestions for contest themes, please let me know in the comments or hit me up on Twitter
I led Lisa through the maze of underground corridors. We had no time to waste; the exterminator robots were on our trail.
“I’m exhausted,” Lisa told me, panting.
“We have to get to the vault. Only there we will be safe,” I replied, without letting go of her hand and moving even faster.
Suddenly, we ran into an automatic barrier, equipped with a heartbeat detector.
“CHECKING,” a voice yelled.
“TWO HUMANS, CORRECT,” it announced, after a few seconds.
The door opened for us.
Back in the vault, I gave my best artificial smile and was thankful that Lisa was pregnant.
From Guest Contributor Marcelo Medone
Marcelo (1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a fiction writer, poet, essayist and screenwriter. His works have received numerous awards and have been published in magazines and books, individually or in anthologies, in multiple languages in more than 40 countries all over the world, including the US.
He has been nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize.
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