Author: Shen Shián

‘The closer you look, the less you see.’ This is the counter-intuitive tagline from the movie on the art of…

The best supernatural horror stories are actually, even if unknowingly so, excellent vehicles for conveying moral messages for the living,…

Hurricane Sandy Typhoon Haiyan Cyclone Cleopatra Wrathful ‘ladies’ gone with the wind, despite their indelible harm, or will the hurt…

Like a skilful transcendental Bodhisattva whom, as instructed by the Buddha, does not reveal his identity – so as to…

Sam & Sara #406: Fortune Sara: (text message) Are you on time? Sam: The bus broke down. Am now waiting halfway for…

Super Short Story (274): Pocket Only after his Mum sewed  his severely torn left pants’ pocket shut to prevent accidental putting…

Super Short Story (273): Persona She can never reconcile his online persona with his opposite offline character as she assumes his online persona…

Super Short Story (272): Evil She claims that he is very evil for pretending he is not evil at all….

Super Short Story (271): Scolding The father, out of love scolded his kid, as he wondered if his wife really…

Super Short Story (270): Ego As his ego was so big that he refused to apologise for his obvious mistake,…

Super Short Story (269): Ghost He likes to come in class last, so that he can leave first, to be…

Super Short Story (268): Missing The more she showed off photographs of her happy family with all her kids, but always…

Super Short Story (267): Planet He just realised that there are hundred of billions of huge but solo planets, that…

Super Short Story (265): Size He knew it was right not to give away or throw out his oversized shirts…

Super Short Story (264): Fall (3) Adament not to fall in love again over a broken heart, he hardened his…

Super Short Story (263): Fall (2) She claims that it is hard for her to fall in love, and that…

Super Short Story (262): Fall (1) He reckoned that if he never falls in love, he will never fall out…

Super Short Story (261): Make-up Her unnaturally thick make-up, was most unnerving, as it made onlookers wonder how negatively different…

Super Short Story (260): Seat She forgot that her favourite seat on the bus is also everyone else’s seat, and…

Super Short Story (259): Slip He wasn’t sure if the road was slippery, or his shoes, or his mindfulness, or…