Author: Shen Shián

Super Short Story #396: Freedom Freedom was as exhilarating as it was exhausting to him, having so much to choose…

Super Short Story #395: Make-Up She wonders if make-up is for making up what is untrue, or for making up…

Super Short Story #394: Energy This life, he figured, is like one of those batteries, that can only be recharged…

Super Short Story #393: Retirement Paradox The trick he figured, to retire young, is to do work that does not…

Super Short Story #392: Words He thought of writing a book called ‘The Book Of No Wasted Words’, or maybe…

Super Short Story #391: Narrow-mindedness Because he exposed his narrow-mindedness to others, others lessened what they shared with him, which…

Super Short Story #390: Class She stopped attending the class after a few lessons because she knew that taught already,…

Super Short Story #389: Mood She decided not to deal with him when his mood swung high, since it was…

Super Short Story #388: Scarf Her knitting of a very long scarf, or whatever it is becoming, seemed purposeful –…

Super Short Story #387: Backpack Not putting down or hand-carrying his bulky backpack on the packed train, his backpack became…

Super Short Story #386: Version He said, ‘May a better version of me meet a better version of you in…

Super Short Story #385: Honking Wondering why he gets honked at so much, it turns out that it was himself…

Super Short Story #384: Stray Away The retired man at the coffee shop whiled away the rest of his life…

Super Short Story #383: Glitch She was delighted at how quickly the next bus came along, not knowing it was merely…

Super Short Story #382: Smoking He is always amused by pensive-looking smokers who seem to be purposeful, as if in…

Super Short Story #381: Short-sighted Smile His smile at the ‘beautifully’ cooked meat dishes was short-sighted, because further back, behind…

In a world when all mechanistic work has been taken over by robots, the only jobs left are in the…

Super Short Story #380: Dunno He said ‘I dunno…’ in a hesitant way, as if he did know or might…

Super Short Story #379: Strange Love She loves animals so much, that she could not bear the thought, much more…

Over the years, I have come to accept that there are really many strange people (i.e. who are difficult to…