Tag: perception

Super Short Story (101): House Just as what inside her house was very different, and much more interesting than the…

Super Short Story (100): Bias He was already biased before watching the presidential debate. But he watched it anyway, because…

Super Short Story (97): Specialty She says she can’t take him seriously, because he specialises in generalising. Then again, she…

Super Short Story (92): Email He received five long paragraphs when he was just expecting a yes or no answer…

Super Short Story (90): Signature She found it bewildering at the bank, that some staff are more arbitrarily particular than…

Super Short Story (88): Pockets In packed trains, whenever he has nothing to hang on to, he always stands with…

Super Short Story (86): Massage Walking by a massage shop, she caught a glance of an off-peak hour in there….

Super Short Story (80): Number He bore a grudge as there was no response from her for his birthday greeting…

Super Short Story (77): Scowl He thought she was scowling at him, but when she turned away, he noticed that…

Super Short Story (73): Movie He wondered, ‘Was that real, or just a dream?’ But it was really neither, because…

Super Short Story (68): Story He decided against writing a novel-length story, because it’s quite the hassle to interweave many…

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

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

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

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

Sam & Sara #384 Sara: Wish he would read more of my stuff online, to know me beyond my offline…

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

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

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

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