Childbirth.
A young woman screams in pain. A midwife speaks to her tenderly and presses her upper stomach.
A while later, the doctor holds the baby's head, hot and still wet.
The little body finds support in the expert hands.
It's a girl.
The midwife examines her curiously for a while.
She smiles knowingly.
Then she puts the child in her mother's arms.
She leaves the room and heads to her office.
"The laws of knowledge triumph over the laws of physics again," she thinks and takes a leather yellow-paged notebook from her desk.
Under the number 3485, she writes:
"01.14.1985. A baby girl with unusually long fingers and a resonant voice. Maybe she will become a famous pianist.
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A/N: Theme song: "Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld: A Quiet Life," DARK S1 Soundtrack.
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Short StoryThis book is a collection of numerous short stories I have created, both mini and midi ones, written in the period of the past twenty years. Some of them are award-winning entries in various micronarrative competitions. Others were adapted with the...
