I was born on August 22 close to 11 pm, close to midnight - I'm both Leo and Virgo. I had started as Leo but I was slapped on my bottom and I screamed Virgo. And I believe in astrological signs. Like today: Leo types fiercely speak their mind in their love relationship. Besides, you need to see to house maintenance. Virgo types should heed their health. Do not overload yourselves and try to balance your physical condition. You figure that even though your wife showed you the flawed door, you went for a beer. I only drank four and an acetaminophen.
(Translated by Denisa Stanciu / 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. 
