“Pack your things. We are going to the airport. Now!” John says to his fiancee when he enters their apartment.
“What?…Why?”
“Please, trust me. We have to leave the country. I will tell you more in the taxi. It is waiting downstairs.”…
#83: Granny and the hunter
An elderly lady and a hunter are sitting at the kitchen table in the lady’s house. The house is close to the forest. They are talking and waiting for the granddaughter of the lady. The granddaughter is coming from a village from the other side of the forest.…
Continue...#81: The precious ring
“I want my ring back!” Patricia shouts in the pawn shop.
“Madam, please don’t shout. You are late. You had to bring the money yesterday. We sold the ring this morning. I don’t make the rules. If someone doesn’t bring back the money in 7 days, we sell their things.”…
#80: Alarm for the aliens
“Why is the street alarm on?” John asks on the sidewalk after he ran out of his house at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. “What is happening?”
“I don’t know,” the first person he meets says. “This is surely not a test alarm.…
#75: A person of the past
“Where the hell am I? Oh, my head! It is going to explode,” John says when he wakes up in the fields outside his village.
He tries to get up but falls back to the ground, twice. He walks slowly towards his village.…
#68: Superpower against the death penalty
Larry is sitting in a room with a big glass wall. The glass wall is between the room and another room. There is a man in the other room. He is sitting in a wooden chair. The man is waiting for his death.…
Continue...#67: The landlord’s girlfriend
Ann enters the flat for the last time. It is not hers. She is renting it. The landlord, the man who owns the flat, has been away on business for half a year. He is coming back today. She has never met him.…
Continue...#64: Bill gets on the wrong bus
After work, Bill waits for his bus in the bus stop. It is raining and it is dark. He doesn’t like afternoon shifts. There is only one bus that stops here. It will take him home. After a short while a bus comes.…
Continue...Virus without self control
Everybody is going to have the virus.
Ryan has the virus. On the first day there are only small changes. Ryan is at work. He wants to pick his nose; he picks it. He wants to swear; he swears. He wants to kiss his colleague; he kisses her.…
#49: Rebecca receives a package
Rebecca is sitting in the front garden. It is late spring. The sun is shining and birds are singing. She is smiling. The postman comes and gives her a small package. It is for her. She looks at the package but she doesn’t know who sent the package.…
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