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Cover illustration for The Face in the Metal Box, A2 Spanish story

The Face in the Metal Box

La cara en la caja de metal

One small metal box survived the fire of 1972, and it has waited fifty years inside the burned station at kilometer 43. Tonight Areli walks into the ruins to open it, before her own face disappears completely.

Part 3 of 3 in The Stop That Doesn't Exist

«Rogelio, para el autobús», dice Areli. «Voy a entrar en la estación». El pasajero baja primero.

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