Tag: humor
group name: shortfiction
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May 29, 2006 08:04 PM EDT --
"Jump Beezley! Jump!"
I swatted my fluffy eight-toed paw with minimal effort at the string this odd man kept yanking out of my reach. I was much more interested in the big shiny . . . more
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June 04, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
Fireside 4: Roast
Hello, do come in! I just knew you'd drop by, round about just now. Is that the smell of roast beef and all the trimmings for a cold night? You're . . . more
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June 01, 2006 05:27 AM EDT --
Fireside 1: Wine
Hello, do come in! It's rather cold for autumn and the air is a tad chilly. Here, let me take your coat. There! Now, let's pull up a chair, . . . more
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June 02, 2006 05:13 AM EDT --
Fireside 2: Coffee
Make yourself comfortable by the fire, and we'll chinwag as good friends do. No need to apologise for just dropping in. I was kind of expecting you. . . . more
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May 05, 2006 11:41 AM EDT --
There I was minding my own business, just out to buy a new hair dye when I heard this woman behind me clear her throat. "Excuse me, do you . . . more
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May 12, 2007 11:48 AM EDT --
Elias Farnum and I would like you to take some time and glance over our one-page screenplays. There are six of them (one with two endings) that we have written in collaboration.
We . . . more
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June 03, 2006 05:15 AM EDT --
Fireside 3: Tomato Juice
Don't worry about it! I'm always pleased to see you, not matter how late at night it is. No, it's not almost eleven o'clock. It's just . . . more
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August 26, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
They don't make them like "Aces" Wallenstein anymore.
It was "Aces" who taught me everything I know about being a detective. As sure as babies cry, rivers . . . more
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June 06, 2006 12:48 AM EDT --
Fireside 5: Stew
Hi, it's you again! I haven't seen you for such a long time. Don't stand outside - these autumn nights are so damn chilly. You'll catch . . . more
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June 27, 2006 10:05 AM EDT --
Agent George Stone
Agent George Stone had been driving all day in the sweltering heat of the Arizona sun. Night had finally came and without warning a thick fog had descended down upon the road and . . . more
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May 11, 2006 01:49 PM EDT --
Let me tell you something right from the start: I have always hated unicorns. Honorable and noble beasts my foot, I say. Those bloody horns can't possibly get more phallic, and what's . . . more
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June 13, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
Fireside 8: Hot Chocolate
What a wild evening it is! Thunder and sheet lightning all over the place. Damn, I'll have to oil these squeaking front door hinges. Oh, . . . more
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February 20, 2006 01:40 PM EST --
You are insane. Just admit it. Get over yourself and admit it! Now, don't you feel better? To truly be insane, one must learn the art of coddled insanity.
The benefits . . . more
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June 11, 2006 05:06 AM EDT --
Pope Benedict XVI to Gather
GOODBYE, YOUR EMINENCE
Yes, Holy Father, I do realize how disappointed you are. Of course you wanted to write your very first Gather article . . . more
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October 07, 2006 04:08 PM EDT --
Elevator Shake-Up
The gargantuan clock on the main wall at America Perfidy Bank showed 4:55 pm. This left personnel with five . . . more
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June 08, 2006 04:45 AM EDT --
Fireside 6: Soup
This late at night, it just had to be you ringing the doorbell. Even though I haven't seen you for such a long, long time. I thought Luigi must have caught . . . more
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May 24, 2006 11:54 AM EDT --
Word Count: 950
C 1995
I wrote this some years ago in a Creative Writing Class. The assignment was to write a story combining the following elements:
Goby fish, grandfather . . . more
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August 05, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
Fred In Suburbia - Mad Bees Two Word Challenge
At the end of the cul-de-sac in the suburbs of Personal lived Fred Fry. Fred was a 55 year old production of no other kind. His neighbors ostracized him . . . more
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June 09, 2006 04:22 AM EDT --
Fireside 7: Fresh Air
Good grief, it's you! I though I'd seen the last of you. You haven't been here in ages. I wondered who on earth, or from beyond the . . . more
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June 09, 2006 08:11 PM EDT --
Pope Benedict XVI to Gather
PROFILE
Well, Holy Father, I've got Gather up on screen. No, Sister Virginia, it's not a movie. We're gathering in the flock. . . . more
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