The old man

Knowing if there's something else beyond what our senses can perceive has always been a necessity for human beings.

In a different corner, every night, there is a man who travelled to another dimensions. They said he was a successful and smart man, who despite his good luck, never was satisfied and never rested until he travelled and got wealth and power from dark and sinister places we can not even imagine. This man as said before, lays in a different corner every night after 10 pm. He never repeats corners, he has no legs and he is missing a hand and he is wearing dirty clothes.

If you ever find him while walking on the street and you feel this is the right man, this is what you have to do. You must not ignore him because he'll know you've seen him and he'll keep showing in every corner you walk from now on. You must stop, give him some change (give him a bill not coins) and go away, if you want to be alone.

But if you want to know what is like to be in other "dark places", ask him: "How is it out there?", and sit next to him. He'll tell you things you never thought could be possible, you'll be amazed but horrified at the same time, but whatever you hear, don't panic, don't you never do it. Pay attention to him always and never get distracted by walkers, because you are not in the same corner anymore. No matter what you think, you see or hear, pay attention to what he says. If you get distracted and pay attention to the walkers you'll see hell with your own eyes and the old man will chase you until he gets you, even when he has no legs in that "alternative reality", and make you part of that hell.

But if you pay attention to him, be careful with time, you can't listen stories after 12 pm, you must be aware of time, don't forget this. When 12 pm has come, you must stop him by saying "Thanks for the stories, but is late and I have to come back". Stand up and don't look back under any circumstance no matter what you heard or fell...

Walk 100 mts without looking right or left even if you hear familiar voices, they are not humans. Just walk, cross the street and you'll be back in the same corner where you saw that old man but with one difference: he is not there anymore more. You won't see him again in your life time, but at least you'll now and you'll be told how is to be trapped in another "dark place".

Writers
Alexis Guzmán, Sofía Blanco