Humor
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 15:48.
It was a hallway -- a corridor -- couldn't see the walls, but it was nonetheless a corridor -- couldn't move left or right, just straight ahead.
Then ended.
In the reddish landscape. Just POP!
Then there they were: Chloe and Ralph and Brian and Tom and Dick and Harry and Ahmed and Raphael and Jacques.
Ralph?
Submitted by Laika on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 04:30.
A wicked and decadent sequel to the Cinderella story...
Happily Ever After?
A Fractious Fairy Tale
.
by Laika Pupkino
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 17:54.
“It’s a door!” I say, “A door upstairs! How’d that happen?
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 14:25.
Well, I start to tell my story. Cars rush up to us, lights flashing. Men get out, bullhorn in one’s hand and guns in the hands of others.
Submitted by T D Aldoennetti on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 06:56.
or, what do you do when the fictional characters from the stories you created find your home address and decide to come knocking at your door?
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 11:28.
Wow, the way things happen. So Raphael knows some people. He’s been around. He’s a surprising surprise. Quite the cosmopolitan. He has been helpful.
We are looking over the digs when men come up and talk with Jacques. Jacques comes over with them. They have uniforms on.
Submitted by L D Welch on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 14:20.
Submitted by Laika on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:17.
TWO TALES OF AMERICAN BOYHOOD...
Songs of Innocence and Experience
by LAIKA PUPKINO
Submitted by L D Welch on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 00:51.
Excerpts from a longer work:
The Canyon Sketches
(An Irreverent History)
Submitted by L D Welch on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 12:53.
Submitted by L D Welch on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 22:38.
Submitted by Dean Vandusen on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 21:01.
Choices, a conversation overheard by Dean Vandusen
It was a dark and stormy night
...no, no, no that’s no
way to start a story.
Submitted by stanman on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 22:13.
One day there were three male dogs: a Collie from the Lassie series, a Golden Retriever from the Air Bud movies and the Taco Bell Chihuahua trying to win the heart of a lady poodle.
Submitted by Laika on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 00:16.
PLEASE INSERT 25¢
A SHORT CON
by Johnny Bananas
The Gullibility Tester hangs on the wall at Epstein's Bar, my favorite watering hole. Unlike a lot of novelty machines that claim to test people for intangible qualities, this one actually works. I know because I designed it.
Submitted by HeatherRoseBrown on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 21:49.
A student discovers the secret her teachers have been keeping from her. Enraged at being deceived, she decides to take things into her own hands and share the truth she's uncovered with other students before she's silenced by the faculty.
Divide by Zero and Conquer
Copyright 2008 by Heather Rose Brown
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Submitted by HeatherRoseBrown on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 00:09.
Dragons gotta eat ... so do unicorns. This isn't good news for a girl named Food.
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 16:55.
OF PING-PONG BALL INTERDIMENSIONAL DIPLOMACY
By D. Maxim
How innocent things start!
In this case, all it took was two ingredients: Hank and that old tree in his back yard. The old tree you could understand, considering all the weird stories that have been told through the years about it.
Submitted by wigopa on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 17:38.
The silver Dodge Durango, pulled up the gravel road toward a grey house with blue edging. Flowers bloomed all around, the air was heavy with the scent of their blooms.
Submitted by wigopa on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 17:35.
"Momma, Momma," shouted a raven-haired, little 5 year old girl.
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 02:53.
A beerly true story
An Irish Tale
Submitted by Admin on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 01:42.
When should you stop? When you've got...
Five Too Many
by Joyce Melton
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 14:40.
Things are looking up for...
Cliff Hangeur,
Orangutuan-at-Large
Day 11-15
by Joyce Melton
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 02:04.
A nearly empty nightclub, a tall, skinny man with no expression at all stands in a pool of light....
License to Deadpan
by Joyce Melton
Submitted by Laika on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 20:47.
"Once we're big shot movie-star circus dwarfs we can confuse everybody!"
The Flying Babalooskis
~~ A Fantasy of Three Parts ~~
by Laika Pupkino
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 10:26.
“Mon Dieu!” Raphael exclaimed.
“What is it?”
“La Mer Morte.”
”The Dead Sea?” Chloe asked.
“Quite so,” Raphael said emphatically. “Look at those!! It’s a total row of doors!”
“Yes,” I said.
Raphael moved closer to inspect.
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:55.
“We were nothing too.”
“Nothing, too.”
“Nothing too.”
“But you’re not nothing.”
“Nothing exists in the Nothing.”
“Okay,” I said, “let me show you.” And I pulled the door out of my pocket.
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 12:09.
We sit down at Raphael’s restaurant, at a sidewalk table.
“Won’t somebody notice “Pierre” there?” Asks Chloe.
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 15:14.
“Raff!” shouts the sales clerk, “Comment allez vous?”
“Tres bien,” Raphael replies, “Est-ce que tu connais mes amis?”
“Un peu. Porquois ils et tu entre sans habiillement?”
“Long story,” Raphael replies.
Then he turns to me.
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 17:44.
Nobody’s watching as I look around to see if anybody’s watching. There’s the door. Here I am. There’s everybody else.
Submitted by Dale M. Cannon on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 17:04.
“That is quite all right,” Chloe replies, “I think we should consider other matters.”
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