real life stories very short stories Zary Fekete Monday, July 6, 2026 11th District, 13th District by Zary Fekete <i>In Budapest, a teacher visits the home of one of his students and is struck by the contrasts in his city.</i><br><br>The 11th district has wide streets and trees so tall they nearly cover the tram wires. When we walk to the schools to talk about the virus and the blood, the air smells like lime blossoms. Balázs is a student who listens; he wears a sweater that is too thin for November, and he sits in the fro… Read more Labels: real life stories very short stories Zary Fekete 9 comments:
medium length stories real life stories Zary Fekete Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Walks Outside by Zary Fekete <i>A Hungarian couple who have lost the spark in their relationship start taking daily walks that get them talking together again.</i><br><br>The slip of paper in their mailbox was from the gas company. Gyuri already heard the news from their neighbor lady. The gas company was testing the new pipes installed last month across the district. Starting tonight, for one hour every night between 7 and 8pm, all the re… Read more Labels: medium length stories real life stories Zary Fekete 7 comments:
real life stories short stories Zary Fekete Monday, October 6, 2025 The Next Step by Zary Fekete <i>Growing up in Communist Hungary in the 1980s, a child comes to appreciate Father's willingness to get things done, no matter how impossible it seems.</i><br><br>The summer sun slanted across the old Dacia's windshield as we pulled up to the ice cream parlor. Its metal shutters were drawn tight. A painted sign dangled from a rusty chain in the window: ZÁRVA. Closed. Of course it was closed. It was Sun… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories Zary Fekete 13 comments:
real life stories short stories Zary Fekete Monday, September 1, 2025 A Nesting Above the Mantel by Zary Fekete <i>The narrator has mixed feelings about the birds who have made a home in his chimney.</i><br><br>I have found the house to be satisfactory in most ways. It is a gentleman's residence of modest scale but of sound construction, situated upon a rise of land overlooking the vale, with generous southern exposure and a fine if somewhat neglected garden. The walls are of good plaster, and the windows let in a qu… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories Zary Fekete 11 comments:
real life stories short stories Zary Fekete Friday, April 4, 2025 Past Poetry by Zary Fekete <i>Janos picks up his friend's aunt and remembers her love of Hungarian poet Petofi.</i><br><br>A text message arrived one morning from my friend. His aunt was arriving from the countryside that morning for her annual physical. She was planning to stay at the apartment of her two oldest friends, two spinster sisters, but the friends were out, just then, at a cherry-picking festival. Would I be so kind to co… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories Zary Fekete 10 comments:
real life stories short stories Zary Fekete Friday, September 27, 2024 The Well by Zary Fekete <i>A woman retreats to the Hungarian countryside, leaving her old life behind, and meets a kindly neighbour.</i><br><br><i>Could there possibly be a more beautiful place to be unhappy?</i><br><br>Zsofi stood at the window of the apartment's small living room. The view was of Tihany's Inner Lake, the tiny spot of water in the center of the mountain peninsula surrounded on three sides by Lake Balaton. The small lake loo… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories Zary Fekete 5 comments:
medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Zary Fekete Wednesday, August 14, 2024 City Dreams by Zary Fekete <i>A Hungarian screenwriter gets his lucky break, and travels with his beloved to the capital city to meet his destiny.</i><br><br>Ildi looked out the window of the rattling train. She had never gone so fast before. The horse cart that brought her and Janos to the train station seemed sluggish by comparison. This was like flying. Her nose was plastered to the glass as she watched the small villages whip by. <br><br>She… Read more Labels: medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Zary Fekete 5 comments:
