Author: Shen Shián

Co-founder of Moonpointer.com
30
Jan
2013

Fear: Super Short Story (172)

Super Short Story (172): Fear He feared taking the roller-coaster ride. But he took it anyway – because there was…

30
Jan
2013

Wonder: Super Short Story (171)

Super Short Story (171): Wonder She wondered why she was ignored… Was it because he hated her? Was it because…

30
Jan
2013

Spring-Cleaning: Super Short Story (170)

Super Short Story (170): Spring-cleaning When he was spring-cleaning his stuff, he came across many notebooks with scribblings of his…

22
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (169): Reader

Super Short Story (169): Reader On the flight, she noticed the passenger to her diagonal left in front was reading…

22
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (168): Phantom

Super Short Story (168): Phantom She didn’t realise that she was secretly responding to every guy met with a sense…

22
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (167): Curtains

Super Short Story (167): Curtains As the sun was too bright on her side, she kept the curtain drawn throughout…

22
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (166): Moustache

Super Short Story (166): Moustache He’s too lazy to keep shaving to keep his face free of hair. But he’s…

22
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (165): Navy

Super Short Story (165): Navy Being the romantic he was, he joined the navy for the sun, sea and sand….

22
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (164): Busker

Super Short Story (164): Busker He never tipped the busker despite passing by often for so long. as he never…

22
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (163): Baby

Super Short Story (163): Baby She says she can remember how her it was like as a baby when she…

11
Jan
2013

Gollum The Hungry Ghost

Gollum in ‘Lord of the Rings’ in pursuit of the One Ring is almost the perfect personification of a hungry…

11
Jan
2013

Excess

The richer tend to pay too much for too little for branded goods, though they do generally get stuff with…

11
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (162): Biography

Super Short Story (162): Biography She thought of writing her biography until she heard a biographer’s comment that an autobiography…

11
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (161): Virtual World

Super Short Story (161): Virtual World As he spent too much time gaming, surfing and watching videos, whenever he looks…

11
Jan
2013

Super Short Story (160): Clock

Super Short Story (160): Clock Having said he likes Johnny Hates Jazz’s song ‘Turn Back The Clock’, she demanded to…

03
Jan
2013

Gathering What Material?

From the movie ‘Being Flynn’: Jon: I’m doing the same thing here as you are, [spending night in homeless shelter]…

03
Jan
2013

Alternative Sayings (1) & (2)

Traditional saying: 路遥知马力,日久见人心 With the far road, the horse’s strength is known. With many days, the person’s character is seen….

03
Jan
2013

Some Zombie Dilemmas

What’s terrifying about zombies is their relentless mindless hunger – sounds familiar? Think consumers’ herd mentality on Black Friday. There…

03
Jan
2013

Cinderella’s New Decision

‘Remember how much I loved Cinderella? It’s what messes little girls up!’ Says Lola in ‘Lola Versus’, on waiting for…

03
Jan
2013

The Storytelling Paradox

Important cautionary tales should be told, be it in writing or even film, but they might offer evil suggestions too….