by Alison | Feb 20, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Bottle and Disappear Wang Mingge (wahng meeng guh) stared at the piece of chalk in her hand that was poised over the blackboard. She knew her students were watching her, and her heart pounded. How do you spell hierarchy? Is it purely phonetic or is...
by Alison | Feb 11, 2025 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪灵感词：手，想到刷，刷，他拿着粉红色的扫把机械地往前扫了两下，然后停下脚步，把树叶和其他垃圾扒进宽大的畚箕中，对疾驰而过的汽车和从他身旁绕过的自行车视而不见。扫一扫，扫一扫，扒一扒。扫一扫，扫一扫，扒一扒。这种律动让他的脑子解放出来，手和脚却不停动着。老婆叮嘱他，要当心，留意乱开车的司机，但留心路过的每辆自行车、汽车太费心神了。大多数时候，他都全指望着蓝色制服上贴着的黄色反光条，提醒路人他的存在。他大部分时候什么都不想，但今天却想到了自己的女儿。他在大街上，而女儿正在大学的教室里。女儿六月份毕业，他太骄傲了。他从没跟女儿说过...
by Alison | Feb 11, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Hand and Consider Twice, he pushed the pink broom methodically away from him before pausing to sweep the leaves and other debris into the wide dustpan. He didn’t glance up at the cars passing him or the bikes that swerved around him. Brush. Brush....
by Alison | Jan 14, 2025 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪灵感词：蝴蝶，卡谭舒文躺在床上，现在快到周二的中午了，但她自从周天晚上之后就没怎么下过床。那个糟心的夜晚啊。尽管她不愿回想，思绪却不由自主回到那晚在饭店的点滴瞬间。她试图去想些别的，思绪却无法从他对她说过的那些话移开。她打开手机，滑过抖音推送的短视频，但没看到任何吸引她的内容。看到一个男人试图趁老婆熟睡时从她钱包里偷钱，她没有笑。接着滑到一条狗在公园里晃荡的视频。她的手机屏幕摔碎了，昨晚手机从床上掉了下去，现在无论看什么，屏幕上都会出现斑驳的裂纹。“文文，你的午饭。”...
by Alison | Jan 14, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Butterfly and Card Tan Shuwen (tahn shoo wuhn) lay on her bed. It was late Tuesday morning, but she hadn’t left her bed since Sunday night. That horrible night. Against her will, her thoughts returned to those moments at the restaurant. She tried to...
