diff --git a/content/posts/guest-post-short-story-5.md b/content/posts/guest-post-short-story-5.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e35b1d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/guest-post-short-story-5.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +title: "Guest Post: Short Story 5" +date: 2024-05-16T15:52:44-05:00 +description: "The third installment of the Short Story series, written by Peter" +type: "post" +tags: ["story", "constrained-writing", "fiction", "guest-post", "short-story-series"] +--- + + +*This story was written by my friend Peter. It's the fifth installment in the [Short Story series](/tags/short-story-series/) and only uses words from my [Short Story 4](/posts/short-story-4/), counting multiplicity.* + + +Zhou was falling back from a year of flashcards and tired of frequently eating instant noodles. He decided to idly do crazy math problems for a month. "11!-7!, ..." Zhou screamed and threw a flashcard mountain on his head. "So Zhou-over," Zhou muffled. + +Zhou called Lin in flashcard review gear, freaking out from his grueling work. "Great, I can show up in around 7," whispered Lin. "I ran a large 11-SAT videogame for some time." + +11 time later, Lin finally reached Zhou's house. "Sorry I'm always arrived belatedly." He crumpled down on the shoebox to meticulously make a road to life success for Zhou. "Promise a break before you're terminal crazy," Lin called anxiously. + +Zhou settled down and laughed. "Fancy a flashcard round this night?" "Yes," Lin chuckled, "with lots of exciting food and cards?" + +And from that day onwards, Zhou was a little bit better at achieving his important flashcard items.