Tag: perception

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 (40): Fame

Seeing how the famous are often swarmed by illusions created by those eager to please them to their own advantage,…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (39): Number

It was hard to convince her that it was not her car number that almost struck the lottery, as if…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (36): Blindness

‘Are you blind or deaf?’ He yelled, at the guy who bumped into him. To his anger, there was still…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (35): Short-sightedness

She thought it would be better to move in closer for a clearer look. But when she came really close, she…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (33): Paranoia

He thought she was really paranoid while he was really not ‘paranoid’ enough, because her fears were not unfounded.

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (30): Book

He stopped reading her stuff because he thought he could already read her like a book, forgetting that she is…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (29): Grudge

Because he nursed a grudge against his friend, that is actually unfounded, and because it was never clarified, he punishes…

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

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…

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…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (12): Handicap

His blindness was no longer a weakness; but a strength, not because he overcame it, but because he accepted that he couldn’t,…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (11): Suspect

Suspecting him to be the backstabber at first, the more he looked at him, the more he looked like one….

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (7): Nudity

She thought the idea of nudity was arbitrary and absurd. A girl who bares her top is considered naked, while…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (6): Iced Lemon Tea

She realised she didn’t really like the iced lemon tea there, since the tea was often too sweet or the…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (4): Viewfinder

He wrote on the photograph he snapped: ‘Wished I was there’, for he was so occupied with capturing the perfect…

16
Aug
2012

Guess

Sam & Sara #377 Sara: Does the hair on your arms keep you from the cold? Sam: I guess. Sara:…

16
Aug
2012

Symbolisation

Sam & Sara #376 Sam: Maybe it’s just symbolic. Maybe it means something more! Sara: What does it symbolise then?…

16
Aug
2012

Shelves

Sam & Sara #372 Sara: You should shelve your stuff properly. Sam: Life is too short to shelve perfectly! Sara:…