Category: Stories

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Sep
2012

Super Short Story (65): Nonsense

Super Short Story (65): Nonsense He ignores what others say, saying it’s all nonsense. Of course, to such a proclamation…

27
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara #386: Socks

Sam & Sara #386: Socks Sara: Look! That’s a new neighbourhood cat! Sam: Not ‘Two Socks?’ (The usual black cat…

27
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (64): Monster

Super Short Story (64): Monster It’s not that he believes in monsters, but that he believes some believe they are…

27
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (63): Child

Super Short Story (63): Child She realised that her child being hers was increasingly being proven an illusion. Sure, he…

27
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (62): Number

Super Short Story (62): Number Because he never memorised his account number, and kept it in his phone for reference,…

27
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (61): Laughter

Super Short Story (61): Laughter He didn’t know why he was laughing. Maybe it’s nervous laughter, at a supposed joke…

21
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (60): Poison

Seeing an empty bottle of poison by the well, and unsure of whether the first was emptied into the latter,…

21
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….

20
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…