First, we made paskha. She cooked it their way and I cooked it our way, just as we had measured swords against each other with the borscht, pilaf, and other dishes which were similar in name, but different in content. I asked her if she wanted to go to the Russian church for Easter. She declined. Well, look, if it makes you feel better, come to our church; it's somewhat similar, like the borscht. We went there at midnight, with our windproof and drip-proof candles. We received the Holy Fire; while I sang at the top of my lungs, only two tears rolled down her cheek. We headed back through the night, two Eastern European women, different in name, but similar in content.
(Translated by Lucia-Alexandra Brînaru-Mitrofan / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year II / 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 June 2023, the group has 11,430 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, Luchian Abel, and Vlad Mușat. (Drawing by Adrian T. Roman)
Versiunea în română a acestui text se poate citi aici, în rubrica Ficțiuni Reale. 
