STORY INFO
Parallel
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Author
Mihnea Balan
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Categories
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Danh mục
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Update
6 months ago
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Part Chapter
1/??
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Reads
107
Content
Horace wakes up at 6:30 AM. He gazes toward his wife but she’s brazenly curled up in a ball with her back toward him. After sighing his morning sigh, Horace gets up and walks to his study. He glances at his bonsai tree. It’s obsessively trimmed. He then sets Newton’s cradle in motion and begins his ritual of looking into the brown eyes reflecting back at him from the mirror, putting on his suit, and rehearsing the meetin...
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You sre good and that is readon am reading you after two submissions only. Fine work. Congrats.
So much to love about this piece, but I have to play Captain Actually. The period of a pendulum is based only on the length of the string, so no matter how hard it is flung, the tempo of a Newton’s cradle can’t change. That image is so important to the story that it can’t be factually wrong. The intensity of the noise can increase, the speed of the ball’s swing can increase, but it will come back and hit the ball beside it at the same tempo.
Hello Anne. Thank you so much for the information! Believe it or not, I used to study Physics a while ago. Guess it's due to moments like these that I've decided to change my major to Anthropology :) That doesn't mean to say that Physics isn't fascinating, I just have a hard time remembering certain concepts. Anyway, now I'll remember that the tempo of a Newton's cradle can't change so I appreciate your comment.
Excellent piece. Amazing how you played with the two characters. Well done, and congrats!
Amazing! Shortlisted on your second submission. Good for you. 👏
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words! I just began reading your stories and became enthralled by HOPSCOTCH. What a bittersweet story! Anyway, thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, it made my day and gave me a lot of much needed hope.
Enjoy the ride Mihnea!
I love this story’s it is the best thing that i read as a short story
I love this story’s it is the best thing that i read as a short story
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