Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #20 [Pedro]Pedro had a mind vast as a solar system and sharp as a laser. He held the world inside that mind. Not just the present world, but past…Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #19 [Grandmother]We buried my grandmother this week. She was not the woman you would describe as ambitious, or as an inspiration for business, but I bet she…Jul 18, 2018Jul 18, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #18 [The Image & The Word]The Word and The Image sat together over tea. The Image showed an intense discussion between two people, while The Word said exactly what…Jul 18, 2018Jul 18, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #17 [Apes & Salmons]During a road trip to Germany, two stories collided. One about salmon, one about apes. First the salmon, then the apes, then the collision.May 25, 2018May 25, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #16 [Pando]The heaviest living organism is not an elephant. An elephant weighs about seven tons. Yes, that is a couple of tons above my target weight…May 11, 2018May 11, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #15 [Letterman]“When I used to write jokes, sometimes they would just — boom — appear in my head. And then sometimes you would just have to go and work…Apr 19, 2018Apr 19, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #14 [Time]“A witch should do the trick” the ambitious woman thought. She was a stern believer in the saying ‘Time is Money’ and she wondered, how…Mar 21, 2018Mar 21, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #13 [Boababs]The grown ups in the book The Little Prince, think the world is filled with people. But as the little prince finds out, the chance of…Feb 28, 2018Feb 28, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #12 [Black]I used to think that completely black is like the blackest shade of black you find in a paint store. A hundred percent black. So I knew…Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018
Martin van DiggeleinSmall round storiesSmall round story #11 [Once]There once was a writer that did not want her story to start with ‘There once was’. She was different. She was to go down in history. And…Jan 17, 2018Jan 17, 2018