By Rachel Khosrowshahi
I’m not that kind of fortune-teller, but I don’t say that at first. Okay, maybe I’m not explaining it right. I just read what they write. It’s in the letters. Like the actual words. You see, handwriting is a gesture of the mind. At first I did it with doodles and stuff. Then I figured out I could do it with handwriting too. Want to see one? See how the letters curve like the bottom of a boat? He drowned over the summer. No, I’ve never tried mine. I don’t write unless absolutely necessary. Even then it’s usually just a signature.
Concept really grabbed me hard. Love to see this in a longer piece. I’d totally read that.
Interesting story. Written well. Good work.
Great idea. Nice little story. Very well written. I agree with Laura (above) — I’d love to read a longer version of this.
This is an old idea (if I could somehow see my own future, would I want to?) done up in a clever way. I agree that it would make a good longer story.
a kind of retro piece. Nowadays we’d have to analyze the choice of font.
But I really like how even the shape of writing can be an extension of the subject, as though the subconscious could reveal itself through the image of the word. A bit like psychoanalysis and the talking cure, except that this translates fate. I like how the fortune-teller circumvents his own fate!
Fantastic piece! I must’ve missed this when it first ran — so glad I had a chance to read it today with all the other selected stories. I look forward to more.