The Leo was a Libra rising. It would have eaten a Taurus, but also an Aries. As he stood by the pond, two Cancers came out of the water, each holding a Pisces between its claws. 'Holy Virgo, you look very alike', Leo wondered. 'Of course look alike, we're Geminis', the Cancer replied angrily. Passing by the pond, a Sagittarius riding a Capricorn prepared his arrow and aimed it at Leo. A Scorpion, spewing venom, stung the Capricorn, which fell down with the Sagittarius. He was eaten by Leo, glad to be rid of his dilemma.
(Translated by Andreea-Daniela Vasilache / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)Real Fiction is a collective project started in 2013 by Florin Piersic Jr. The concept of Real Fiction continued to exist as a Facebook group, after a volume of stories was published at Humanitas Publishing House. (In July 2022, the group has 8,750 members.) The authors write ultra-short stories, with the texts limited to 500 characters (in Romanian, so the length of the English translation might be a little different) - a flash-fiction exercise on a topic that changes every few days. The group's coordinators are Florin Piersic Jr., Gabriel Molnar, Răzvan Penescu, and Luchian Abel. (Drawing by Adrian T. Roman)
Versiunea în română a acestui text se poate citi aici, în rubrica Ficțiuni Reale. 
