L'Origine

by Fabio F. Centamore

Artificiale, costruito, falso. Eppure sono davvero io, Walter Francis
Raleigh. Il nemico mi ha abbandonato quaggiù su questo misero, sperduto, pianeta di cenere. Tutto grigio. Cielo, terra, orizzonte... Tutto.
Perfino questa specie di sole semi spento. Banale mondo di piombo
che non smetti di pesare sulla mia coscienza, quanto ti odio! La gamba sfrigola e sprizza scintille, un tizzone consunto appena cavato dal
fuoco. Quasi non ci faccio più caso. Forse lo stesso grigiore intorno
s’è mangiato anche ogni mia considerazione per questo vecchio corpo meccanico. Spurii Lampi di ragione mi suggeriscono di fermarmi,
sdraiarmi, magari lasciarmi morire in mezzo a tutta questa piatta
rovina. Non così il mio istinto. Si ribella anzi, vuol vincere. Devo proseguire dunque, trascinare questi quattro logori circuiti fino a chissà
dove. Ovvio. Come no? L’istinto è cieco, ama combattere.

154 pages, Paperback

First published October 29, 2010

About the author

Fabio F. Centamore was born in Italy, eastern Sicily, between Catania and Syracuse. He took a strong interest on comics, fantastic and science fiction world during his studies at Pisa University. Following this new interest, he started to contribute with a local fanzine dedicated to comics world. In the same period (1994-'96) he wrote novels and tales for several Sci-Fi literary prizes: "Urania" prize (1994 and '95), "Courmaieur" prize (1994, '95 and '96). In 2009 he sold his first tales anthology: Alle Sett'Albe. His first novel appeared in 2010: L'Origine. Between 2011 and 2012 some of his short tales contributed to several anthologies. His last tales collection book, Luna Park (2013), is a compilation of different genres, from horror to mystery and science fiction. From 2014 he works also as translator. He translated Robert Silverberg (The Emperor, the Maula and Liontime at Timbuctoo), Robert Reed (Savior, Camouflage). Currently he contributes also as reviewer with several Italian blogzine (Mangialibri, Cronache di un Sole Lontano and True Science Fantasy). His last Italian work is Lotto 117 (2014), he sold his first English work (The Latest One) to Mike Resnick's “Galaxy's Edge Magazine”.