Tuesday 1st July 2025, Ventura, 6.23pm.

#200,950 — A man called Number One informs another man called Number Six that he is just a number, but precisely because of that he will be happy for the rest of his life. But the killer fails, and it is the supposed victim who kills him, and then she has to face a trial for murder. Each one carries these words: ‘After birth, the Virgin remained intact. Mother of God, intercede on our behalf’. He thinks he can talk to them by moving his little arms, like they do.

Dora García, Twenty-three million, five hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred and ninety stories, 2013 ‑ ongoing.