Maybe I shook them off. I don’t feel them breathing down my neck anymore. I turn around, but I don’t see them in the crowd.
The square is swarmed by people. I elbow through the sea of bodies, carried by the current of fear.
Aleksander Ziljak
Alexsandar Žiljak was born in Zagreb, Croatia. He is the author of the short story collection Slijepe ptice (Blind Birds) and is a three-time winner of the Sfera Award for best short story. With Tomislav Šakić he edited Ad Asta, an anthology of Croatian science fiction stories, and the duo currently edit the genre magazine “UBIQ.”
