Terror: Super Short Story #607 She wondered if the authoritieswho let citizens buy gunsto terrorise other citizenscan be considered terrorists...

Truth: Super Short Story #606 Not caring for the truth,he decided to embrace his delusion,not knowing that truth always prevails,while delusion always gives way...

Importance: Super Short Story #605 Being lazy,he always wanted to knowonly the important partsof what he is supposed to know,not knowing that the most important thing to knowis to not be lazyin knowing the finer important...

Cry: Super Short Story #604 He was not the boy who cried wolf,which is to cry murder.He was the boy who cried so much, that his crying seems much ado about nothing,with every cry as if suicidal,till it is when he is not crying,that others paid more...

Need: Super Short Story #603 After being needy for so long,he decided to snap out of it,realising what he really needs,is not this or that,but to realise what he really...

Moon: Super Short Story #602 The best proof of the moon not being flat is that it looks flat all...

Reason: Super Short Story #601 He decided that the only reasonable thing to do  when facing the unreasonable,who do not heed reason,is to be even more reasonable. If not, he will become just as,if not more unreasonable,which is simply...

Money: Super Short Story #599  She never knew how much money was enough;just that she was supposed to save more,as there is inflation.   But she did die many dollars and cents too rich. He never knew how much money was enough;just that he was supposed to invest more,as there is...

Death: Super Short Story #600 He thought it was ironicalthat he was supposedto go for anti-ageing and anti-sicknessfood and activities,when it all ends in ageing, sickness and death anyway.That’s why he turned to religion and philosophy,to find what is...

Sight: Super Short Story #598The short-sighted woman could not see what was far,only seeing what is near. The long-sighted man could not see what was near, only seeing what is far.    Seeing together with imperfect vision, they helped each other to ‘see’ more perfectly,though none...

Learning: Super Short Story #597            Even though the teacher is ready to teach,the student was not ready to learn,to even learn how how learn.Or was it, that the teacher was not ready to teachthe student to learn how to learn,to be ready to...

Point: Super Short Story #596 When she listened or read,she always did so with this question in mind,‘What is the point?’ What is the point of that said?What is the intended meaning and anticipated response?What is the right way to take it and act upon it?   (What is the...

Mixed Feelings: Super Short Story #595 Looking through her drawer of knick-knacks,she discovered a treasure trove of forgotten fickle loves,a record of the once beloved that were shelved. Mixed feelings were stirred. There was a sense of joy for reunion,with a sense of sorrow for having once...

Projection: Super Short Story #594 Because of the way he was,being too caught up in his own thinking,he thought everyone else was like him too,though everyone else wonderedwhy he thought the way he did,as they were mostly not like him at all. Everyone else was like one another…other...

Cleanliness: Super Short Story #593‘Why not bathe now?’ She asked.‘And be dirtier earlier?’ He asked.‘To be cleaner earlier!’ She exclaimed.‘And then dirtier earlier! He retorted. ‘To then bathe earlier – like now!’ She...

Virtual Virtual Reality: Super Short Story #592   She decided to immersein some 2D virtual VR.as she put on her noise-canceling headphones and turned on loud otherworldy music,and put dark glasses in the sun,as she peered into her phone game.It was not actual VR,but virtual enough for...

Model Examples: Super Short Story #591  From the soft toy who always looks kind,he learnt to always be kind.From the one who always looks understanding,he learnt to always be understanding. From the one who always looks glad,he learnt to always be glad.From the one who always looks...

Power: Super Short Story #590 He decided to struggle with power,to end all power struggles,although unsure if he will gather enough powerto end other powers,and if other powers will see himas a power to be ended...

Madness: Super Short Story #589 We are all mad to various extents,with attachment, aversion and delusionjust mostly not mad enough,to not care for ourselves,to want to harm others,which would leadto being institutionalised,to being...

Star: Super Short Story #588 As the star was supposed to be knowledgeable, the fans excused his wrong expression on an issue. But non-fans thought,‘Why should there be exoneration simply because the star is supposed to be knowledgeable. If truly knowledgeable, why would the mistake be...

Sorriness: Super Short Story #587     She admired those with high standing in society who are sincerely sorry openly when wrong. Although it is a simple thing to say,it is a test of the ego.The more prominent the person,as it seems in many cases,the bigger the ego,and the harder to...

Spade: Super Short Story #586     The star clearly spoke about the issue wrongly,even though fans insist he was merely misunderstood.But why not call a spade a spade? If it is not a spade, there should be clear explanation on why it is not a spade. Since there was not explanation,it should be...

Dirt: Super Short Story #585He thought she should not be particular about the speck of dirton the person’s work, as it was just one speck.After all, the rest seems okay. She thought he should be particular about the speck of dirton the person’s work, as it was just one...

Reason: Super Short Story #584 She decided thateverything happens for a reason,and that even it seems unreasonable,she has to find reasonable lessons within.Otherwise, she would be...

Death: Super Short Story #583 He found it sad yet hilarious that she is occupied with doing so much of the nonsensical and trivial,forgetting that she will dieand possibly at any...

Confidence: Super Short Story #582She confidently said,‘The cocky will tend to become more cockytill they suddenly lose their cockinesswhen they realise they were just being cocky,not truly confident at all.’Or was she just being...

Shame: Super Short Story #581 He kept accusing her of being shameless,but it she was really shameless,what was the point of tryingto shame her by calling her shameless? The waste of time is the real...

Grudge: Super Short Story #580    She was just as foolish to bear a grudge against himas he wasto bear a grudge against herbearing a grudge against...

Learning: Super Short Story #579     Because he had hit the ceiling of status in the hierarchy of the organisation he was in,  he stopped learning how to better himself, to better manage himself and the organisation. He had forgotten that he was just the politically next ‘better’...

Status: Super Short Story #578 He was extra respectful to her only due to her extra high status, not due to her extra great character, as he knew nothing of her character. How sad it is, he thought, that it is hard for her to know if most respect her or her status, that might disappear...