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Nature Loves Symmetry

A short story about missing a moment as it unfolds — Nature loves symmetry, he said. She looked at him with a funny smile. Then, she moved her sight away to look at the ocean, half-leaned her head, and kept the same analytical and curious smile. She probably didn’t expect that deviation from the line of the conversation, and she needed…

Short Story

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Nature Loves Symmetry
Nature Loves Symmetry

Published in Scribe

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Floating on a Conversation

When was the last time you lost track of time during a conversation? — I was in my hometown for the weekend. She lives there. She was just back home after a couple of months abroad. We took the opportunity to finally meet and catch up. “Yes! I saw that video, and I loved it! I actually thought about texting you when I did…

Relationships

10 min read

Floating on a Conversation
Floating on a Conversation

Published in ILLUMINATION

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The White Room

A short fiction — Into the realm of the hereafter. — I walked into an infinitely large room. White marble floor, 50-foot white ceiling, and white walls. A quiet and uncommon serene atmosphere was reigning over the room. Thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people all dressed in the same wide and white clothes populated the room. But, it was not…

Short Story

6 min read

The White Room
The White Room

Published in Literally Literary

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Do You Have a Last Wish?

A two-sided story — Part 2 — “Do you have a last wish?” I was not sure if that was the right thing to say. I said it because anything would do to break that terrible silent atmosphere. I had only seen similar situations in the movies and series that I used to watch before the times…

Fiction

6 min read

Do You Have a Last Wish?
Do You Have a Last Wish?

Jul 16, 2021

Mes Trois Amours

J’ai trois amours dans ma vie. — Le passé est mon premier et grand amour. C’est une fille avec qui je partage plein de souvenirs. J’étais rapidement tombé sous son charme. J’aime le fait qu’elle sait intuitivement quand j’ai besoin de la voir et qu’elle fasse tout pour être à mes côtés à chaque fois. J’aime sortir…

Love

3 min read


Published in Cinemania

·Oct 18, 2020

How Was ‘Normal People’ Able to Capture the Defects of Our Generation?

Defect #1: Assuming that people care. Well, they don’t. And that’s good news. — We have some good news and some bad news for you: Bad news is, nobody cares about you. The good news is, acknowledging it is going to change your life for the better, forever. The truth is, we are basing all of our interactions on assumptions. We are such self-absorbed…

TV Series

13 min read

How Was ‘Normal People’ Able to Capture the Defects of Our Generation?
How Was ‘Normal People’ Able to Capture the Defects of Our Generation?

Published in Hinged

·Jun 20, 2020

The Poisoned Salad

A family lunch that turned into chaos — “Would you like some salad my darling?” Said his step-mother as she held the bowl of salad towards him. Her unreasonably large and feigned smile and her acute unpleasant voice were too much for him to handle during a whole other lunch with her. “No, thank you Susie.” “I would…

212

6 min read

The Poisoned Salad
The Poisoned Salad

Published in Hinged

·Jun 6, 2020

The Last Knot

A short story — After accomplishing two and a half years of traveling, he dropped the anchor when he reached the coast of Porto, where he had started his journey. He appeared to be holding a thin and rather robust rope ball in his hands that he was unfolding as he left his catamaran…

210

4 min read

The Last Knot
The Last Knot

Jun 3, 2020

Carthage: Une Malédiction Vieille de Milliers d’Années

Une fiction inspirée de personnages et de faits réels et autres fictifs — Entre 10 000 et 5000 av. J.-C. — Afrique Du Nord Plusieurs milliers d’années avant notre époque, un peuple, fuyant la guerre et une terre infertile, échoua sur les plages vierges de l’Afrique du Nord par centaines après avoir miraculeusement survécu à un périple de plus de deux mois en mer. Yunus, doyen de la tribu depuis 80 ans, proclamé guide…

13 min read

Carthage: Une Malédiction Vieille de Milliers d’Années
Carthage: Une Malédiction Vieille de Milliers d’Années

Published in Scribe

·Jun 2, 2020

I Met My 80-Year-Old Self

A prophecy emanating from the future — “Take a seat, younger self.” I was 16 years old when I had met him. He was 80 years old. I was him, only younger. He was me, only older. He seemed to know that I was coming. …

Self

6 min read

I Met My 80-Year-Old Self
I Met My 80-Year-Old Self
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