05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (26): Inferiority Complex

As he imagined others to be looking down on him, when it wasn’t the case, it was really just him…

05
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara (383): Knowing

Sam & Sara #383 Sara: Just so you know… (mutters on) Sam: Just so you know, I already know that!…

05
Sep
2012

Paradox (1): Digestion & Nonsense

Had dragon fruit-lemon juice. Lots of fibre. Went to the loo twice. The Digestion Paradox: What cannot be digested (fibre)…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (25): Sleep

Thoughts before jumping out of bed: Instead of just asking why we sleep, how about wondering why we wake up?…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (24): Money

He thought, ‘If I work to make the world a better place, instead of to make lots of money, even…

05
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara (382): Reasoning

Sam & Sara #382 Sara: How do you reason with the unreasonable? Sam: By showing them that they are unreasonable….

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (23): Homewreckers

Why be a homewrecker, she thought, by being a third-party? And why risk being with him, who wrecks his own…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (22): Empty Threat

If he were to ignore the ridiculous ransom note, as if it was never received, read or understood, it becomes…

05
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara (381): Bad Dream

Sam & Sara #381 Sara: Hey! You behaved badly in my dream! Sara: Hey! You’re the one who behaved badly…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (21): Weakness

She thought her intelligence was her strength, though it was really her weakness. She was simply too rational and thus…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (20): Creativity

He frowned at the realistic-looking painting. ‘Why bother?’, he thought, ‘If I wanted something reproduced so exactly, I would have…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (19): Medals

Are the Olympic Games’ victories for fattening egos, he wondered, while the Paralympic Games’ victories for raising self-esteem? Then again,…

05
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara (380): Slowness

Sam & Sara #380 Sara: Why do you always eat so slowly? Sam: Maybe it’s you who are impatient. You…

05
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara (379): Good Enough

Sam & Sara #379 Sam: I’m not good enough! Sara: Since you know this and are concerned, you’re already good…

05
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara (378): Supply & Demand

Sam & Sara #378 Sam: Why eat less animals? Sara: Because when the buying stops, the killing stops! Sam: What…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (18): Mc Blessing (Or Curse)?

The headline read, ‘McDonald’s Goes Vegetarian — In India’. Some branches at least. Well, for making more money, makes ‘cents’…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (17): Good Life

He wanted a good life, but had forgotten that he had to be a good person first – not just…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (16): Drink

‘Fix me a drink’, he asked, again and again. Forgetting again and again, that he could it himself, that he needn’t bother…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (15): Bells

For whom the bell tolls? For the asker of this, at least, who hears it, who wonders this, and you,…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (14): Code

He didn’t like it that many books seem to be coded, heavily laden with technical and cultural terms. It made him feel inadequate, although…