Tony is a miserable guy. He hates his job, he hates his apartment, and if he had a girlfriend, he’d probably hate her too. He earns just enough to pay the bills, and when he saves up enough to do something special, there’s a new surcharge, or his car breaks down, or his pushbike needs … Continue reading Lucid Dreaming
Rory has hypermobility. No, it doesn't mean he's super-fast. It means his joints are overly flexible, and all the connective tissues in his body are very stretchy. It gives him access to a bunch of cool party tricks. Rory is so stretchy that he can suck his earlobes, he can almost tie his eyelids in … Continue reading The Story of Rory
There was this boy that liked to experiment with different dishes, and he particularly liked to eat what he grew. So, he decided to raise pigeons to eat them in a salad. His little cousin, who was cute as a rose, loved birds, horses, flowers and grass and was spoiled by the family because she … Continue reading The Pigeons
I was walking along a secluded beach when suddenly a goat appeared in front of me. I don’t know how it snuck up on me because the beach was wide, with nowhere to hide. We stood staring at each other for a moment. It was a stalemate. What was that goat thinking? A rumble came … Continue reading Atonement
It was lunch time for me, so I decided to buy a magazine, sit down in my office and look at the glossy pages as a means of distracting myself for a while. I was looking at a photo in the magazine and suddenly I saw it. I saw the face that - without the … Continue reading The Face of the Tree
A (Precisely) 100 Word Story The world was gripped by insomnia. No one could determine the cause. Was it a pandemic? A virus? Maybe the planets were out of alignment. Was there an airborne toxin preventing everyone from sleeping? Red-eyed and weary, the world carried on spinning. Stocks kept trading and the power stayed on. … Continue reading No More Sand
Part Two Link to part one. When Malina appeared in my life, there were many explanations, but my sister agreed to let people believe that the baby was hers. She was already married and some years later she left the property. I since got married and Malina stayed with me and my own wife who … Continue reading The Pelican
Glenn was a blokey bloke. He wore blokey shoes, worked at a blokey job and watched blokey TV shows. He'd usually put on a Western Movie after a hard day working in the mud. One day he slumped in his couch, put on his Western movie, and nodded off for a moment. He missed what … Continue reading Glenn in Rio
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