Integer - a whole number. Positive, negative or zero. Zero. Nothing. In a world shaped by numbers, I've never related more. Everyone acts though the world is defined positive or negative – nothingness is the outlier. But why because that couldn't be further from reality. Zero is as real as 1, -1, -100 or 100. But that explains numbness, emptiness, nothingness being so confusing, when even the existence of zero can be disputed. Nothingness cannot exist because to speak of something is to speak of something that exists. The world can be defined by zero – we just may never understand it.
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Zero
Short StoryThis was a 100-word story published in the Young Writer's book: Integer. The story focuses around the concept of 0, whether or not it is real, and how that reflects onto real life.
