Author: Shen Shián

Co-founder of Moonpointer.com
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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (59): Death

If he does not work towards a greater goal that transcends life and death, that makes the world a better…

21
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (58): Work

With no higher purpose, she toiled at work, dreading the dreariness, while looking forward to retirement. With no higher purpose,…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (57): Resilience

She’s super resilient, always readily bouncing back despite all kinds of obstacles. However, she’s unsure why she bounces back. She…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (56): Rice

Since he always leaves unfinished rice on his plate, he should count to know the average grains wasted, and ask…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (55): Commitment

Despite being married, he flits from one affair to another. When pressured to divorce to recommit, he simply flits on to…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (54): Horror

She’s never terrified of horror flicks, no matter how realistic the scenes are, because she knows it’s just make belief….

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (53): Doorbell

He doesn’t answer the door if unexpected visitors ring the bell only once, taking it to mean that the visitor…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (52): Curve

Instead of dreading the unexpected curve balls of life thrown at him, he decided to anticipate them best he can,…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (51): Sleep

Haunted by fears of not resting enough, and not waking early enough, he could not fall asleep. And when he…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (50): Respect

Although he expects respect, he expects it so much that the moment someone expresses what he perceives to be disrespect,…

20
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (49): Evidence

As the so-called evidence isn’t exactly conclusive in being able to prove anything, it is at best ‘so-called evidence’, if…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (48): Plate

Although it’s seen to be good social etiquette by some, he doesn’t always clear the plates after eating in the…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (47): Affair

Although she was beside him, she was thinking of someone else – the past version of him. She wondered if…

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (46): Familiarity

It’s important to know others better, as it leads to more understanding, but as familiarity might breed contempt too, she’s…

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (45): Moment

It all boils down to this very moment, in the here and now… Everything in the past has led him to…

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (44): MacGuffin

Here is the paradox of this story: The MacGuffin mentioned here, that you try to grasp is both central and…

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (43): Cure

There is no cure for the common cold because the symptoms are part of the cure itself, where the body…

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (42): Letdown

She grew up thinking that people can let her down, before realising that the first person who could ever let her…

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (41): Bet

She thought it should be alright to place only small bets in the casino games. But since big losses begin…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (40): Fame

Seeing how the famous are often swarmed by illusions created by those eager to please them to their own advantage,…