Flash fiction · From the Margen catalogue
The will arrived dated in a year that does not exist yet

ADELA REBOLLO NOTARY OFFICE — CALLE MAYOR, 12 — VILLAFRESNO DE SEQUERA (LEÓN)
Entry register no. 1148 · 14 August 2026 · time 09:14
Certified envelope. Sender: Ismael Ganso Duarte, ID 71,284,512-M, address at Calle Larga 6, same town. Contents: holographic will, two sheets sealed with wax, green ribbon, blank notarial stamp.
Date of the will, line 1 of folio A: «Villafresno, on 3 May 2027.»
Margin note on the left, notary's hand: —Signed on 3 May 2027. Received today, 14 August 2026. Handwriting cross-checked with signature on 2019 sale deed (protocol 218/2019): matches in stroke, pressure and finish. Cross-checked with the notarial college's signature roll: matches.
Sole clause, transcribed from folio B:
«I, Ismael Ganso Duarte, of sound mind and free will, order that my house at Calle Larga number 6, the only one I own and the only one I leave, be sold on the very day of my death to Adela Rebollo, notary of Villafresno, at whatever price she freely sets. I also order that the grey folder held in the notary safe under my name be destroyed unopened. Signed today, 3 May 2027.»
Margin note on the right, same hand: —Ismael Ganso Duarte died on 14 August 2026 at 07:40 in León Hospital. Death certificate no. 4102/2026 attached separately.
Note at the foot, different hand, blue ink, unsigned: —Adela, don't open it.