I don't believe in horoscopes. My professional training, of Cartesian origin, does not allow me to. What is it supposed to mean? If my parents had only postponed their mating by a month, would I have turned from a depressive indecisive into a brave and dynamic guy? Let's see: You're concerned about romantic relationships and want to make changes on that front. Haha, who wouldn't? Next: We advise you to avoid a conflict with an Aries native. Uh, boss's an Aries I'm going to hide in the bathroom until he passes my office.
(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. 
