estudio en esmeralda

"A murder had been committed in that little bedsit. The body, what was left of it, was still there, on the floor. I saw it, but, at first, somehow, I did not see it. What I saw instead was what had sprayed and gushed from the throat and the chest of the victim: in colour it ranged from bile-green to grass-green. It had soaked into the threadbare carpet and spattered the wallpaper. I imagined it for one moment the work of some hellish artist, who had decided to create a study in emerald."

Neil Gaiman obtuvo el premio Hugo al mejor relato corto por esta brillante revisión, verde filtro lovecraftiano de por medio, de la primera novela del inmortal detective creado por Arthur Conan Doyle. Pueden encontrar un precioso pdf con el relato original aquí. Los seguidores de las aventuras del señor Holmes y aquellos que decidan releer Estudio en escarlata descubrirán, sin duda, un buen puñado de guiños y referencias.

Una traducción para los más rezagados. Y el libro.

Rache.