27
Sep
2012

Samsaric Intrigue

Samsara might be interesting at times, but it is also dissatisfactory most of the time, even if at subtle levels….

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…

19
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…

19
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…

19
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…

19
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…

19
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…