Tag: perception

Super Short Story #408: Disown She thought of disowning her mostly absent brother, before remembering that he was never really…

Super Short Story #405: Kale She wondered why there are so many kinds of kale, before realising how it might…

Super Short Story #398: Preconception His preconceived idea that he knew it all made it hard for him to conceive…

Super Short Story #395: Make-Up She wonders if make-up is for making up what is untrue, or for making up…

Super Short Story #393: Retirement Paradox The trick he figured, to retire young, is to do work that does not…

Super Short Story #392: Words He thought of writing a book called ‘The Book Of No Wasted Words’, or maybe…

Super Short Story #390: Class She stopped attending the class after a few lessons because she knew that taught already,…

Super Short Story #385: Honking Wondering why he gets honked at so much, it turns out that it was himself…

Super Short Story #383: Glitch She was delighted at how quickly the next bus came along, not knowing it was merely…

Super Short Story #380: Dunno He said ‘I dunno…’ in a hesitant way, as if he did know or might…

Over the years, I have come to accept that there are really many strange people (i.e. who are difficult to…

Sam & Sara #449: Carrier Cashier: Do you need a carrier? Sam: I already am the carrier. This’ll be expanded…

  The safest password is one that you do not remember, as it cannot be forced out of you. But…

Super Short Story #377: Carefulness Because she did not see carefully, she idealised him, which made it harder to see…

Super Short Story #375: Appearance As he looked at her appearance, he made a mental judgement… ‘She should be the…

Super Short Story #374: Mumbling Seated on the bus, he was irritated that he could not make out the mumbling…

Super Short Story #372: Labels Is it capsicum or chilli? Or is capsicum a kind of chilli, because it is…

Super Short Story #370: Suspicion The woman at the lift landing looked at the man suspiciously, despite the fact that…

Hmmm… This Buddha mask at Daiso’s toy section looks too glum? Where’s the ease and bliss, the kind and understanding…

Everything you experience is effectively a sign of whatever you make of it in the moment, even if with misinterpretations….