Regret: Super Short Story #528 He thought of writing a story on having regrets. But… Why live a life of regret? Why live a year of regret? Why live a month of regret? Why live week of regret? Why live a day of regret? Why live an hour of regret? Why live a minute of regret? Why live a...

Monster: Super Short Story #526 He tried to imagine the ultimate monster story, with many fiends so powerful and seemingly invincible, versus a few friends so weak yet committed, to overcome the odds of surviving and defeating them. While it was challenging to write the monsters, it was even...

Love: Super Short Story #523 Hers was a strange,  and some would say sick love. She loves animals when well and alive, and would sign petitions for their welfare, but she also loves them when dead and cooked, never protesting once when they are...

Sense: Super Short Story #530 It only makes sense to make sense of all the big issues and their crucial details in time, and not be caught up in any nonsense, to waste time on its details, since it makes no sense...

Unhappiness: Super Short Story #529 He reminded the sulking kid… ‘If you are not grateful, you are grumpy unhappy. If you are not content, you are greedily unhappy. If you are not patient, you are angrily unhappy. If you are not wise, you are deludedly unhappy. So, why be so...

Anger: Super Short Story #524 He was angry at for being angry. He decided to forgive himself, but forgot to ask for forgiveness from those he was angry at.  Years later, he remembered this and became angry at himself again, for not having done...

Craziness: Super Short Story #532 Despite taunting of the school bullies, she remained indifferent, with no sign of being bullied. She was labelled crazy, but the ones who expected the usual reactions were the truly crazy ones. And if she was really crazy, the bullies would be in for greater...

Determination: Super Short Story #531 Both the heroes and villains were very determined… while the truly good only become better under more pressure, when all the more they need to be good, before it is too late. Also, the truly evil only become worse with more pleasure, when all the...

Suffering: Super Short Story #527 The most interesting stories are about intense suffering and even more inspiring overcoming of it. Even good comedies disguise these initial tragedies with good humour. Once able to laugh at one’s suffering, one has yet to be overwhelmed by it, if not...

Strength: Super Short Story #525 As she knew it was a matter of time that some conflict, in view at least, would arise, between herself and almost anyone else, she steeled herself, and because she did that, she could easily smile and shrug if off, without feeling shocked or hurt. Hers was a...

Glasses: Super Short Story #522 As he was new to wearing glasses, he was slow to notice how quickly dust that obstructed his vision collected on the lenses, without him seeing them. It made him wonder how slow he is to notice how quickly defilements that impaired his perception collected in...

Moral: Super Short Story #518 The moral of the story, he thought, after not getting its moral, was to neither read nor write stories which lack clear morals, so as to not waste anyone’s time –  be it the writer’s or reader’s. (This story does not refer to the...

Eyes: Super Short Story #519 How things got so bad, that everyone seemed to openly see the widespread corruption  with two open eyes, was that a few crucial ones first saw it, but decided to close one eye and eventually both eyes, to become ‘blind’ to it, which let it...

Freedom: Super Short Story #520 She freely thought and freely said the following… If possible, think freely, to speak freely and act freely. (Of course, always sensibly.) If not possible, speak freely. If not possible, think freely. This is the first and last...

Side: Super Short Story #517 He thought she was being too unobjective,  in not deciding to take a side on how things should be.  She thought he was being too subjective in insisting to take a side on how things should...

Cuteness: Super Short Story #516 He thought of creating a morphing animation, of a picture of the cutest animal in her eyes, which becomes the tastiest animal in her opinion, which loops back to the cutest animal. Then, he will ask her where would she draw the line, that divides when the...

Magic: Super Short Story #513 He does not believe in the truly magical since even the magical is supposed to obey laws of magic. She does not believe in the truly supernatural since even supernature is supposed to obey laws of the...

King: Super Short Story #514 As the only heir to the entire kingdom, he was forced to become king, enslaved by his ‘birthright’, to be slave to the throne, country and people, to be less free than commoners. His royal necklaces were golden chains that...

News: Super Short Story #521 There used to just be true news. Then quickly came semi-true and semi-fake news, and recently much totally fake news, with the worst that calls true news as fake news. What is new? What is the new news? Now there has to be news, just for asserting why true news is...

Logic: Super Short Story #515 Through simple logic, she realised that it must be, that many must be illogical, though they must imagine they are logical, which is why they keep doing the illogical. If they do know they are illogical, why would they keep doing them? Unless, it was her idea of...

Excuse: Super Short Story #510 His excuse for his ongoing crimes is that if he does not commit them, someone else will anyway… though there is no way to really know if this is so, as long as he does them, as he might be the only someone… at least, who does them the way he...

Difference: Super Short Story #511 He complained about her not seeing the difference between her complaints being truly valid, and her complaints being truly pointless, because she was merely grumbling, making no actual difference. Then again, his complaint about her made no actual difference...

Bump: Super Short Story #505 She admired robot vacuum cleaners, for their calm and clear focus, how they simply, when bumping into things, without hesitation, disappointment or giving up, finding alternative paths around them. And the smarter ones simply avoid the things the next time, never...

  ‘Contentment is the greatest wealth.’  – Śākyamuni Buddha (Dhammapada) ‘The moment we are content, we have enough. The problem is that we habitually think the other way round: we assume we will be content only when we have enough.’ –...

Pride: Super Short Story #507 He took pride that he never studied a day in school, as if he miraculously knew so much correctly… when he naturally knew so much wrongly, while not knowing so, because he never studied a day in...

Discount: Super Short Story #512 Usually, he saw going for discounts  to mean getting more of the needed by paying less. The more he got, the more he saved. Usually, she saw his falling for discounts  to mean getting more than needed  by paying more. The...

Freedom: Super Short Story #506 She loved the freedom  of shopping online so much, that it led her to lose the freedom of leaving home. She was almost always  trapped at home,  waiting for various packages to arrive, even when some stuff can be bought a short distance...

Comparison: Super Short Story #508 While he used comparison with the worse to create the impression that they are better off, she used comparison with the better to remind the truth that they can do...

Agreement: Super Short Story #509 Seen from a distance, she thought he was nodding vigorously  with agreement to her speech… but he was  nodding off  with indifference. It motivated her though, to speak more vigorously, which woke him up, to listen more...

The worst poison is not immediately lethal. It is slow-burning, which poisons and destroys more and more, without the poisoned knowing so, until it is too late. None are as poisoned as those poisoned thus. Even for those who think they are very ‘careful’, it is...