Stories tagged satire

Hemingway Test - 16 (Mayhem at Reagan Middle - Part III)

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One of the female teachers started masturbating with an eraser in front of the kids. She was rolling around on the floor. The boys started sprouting erections and the girls were pulling their pants down and jumping them.

Hemingway Test 17 (Action report)

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“She had them up under her dress. She was making these sounds. I thought maybe she was having a heart attack, so I told Noah to run and get the nurse.

Hemingway Test – 18 (Summit talk)

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“GONNA, goddammit! You say GONNA when you're talkin' to me! And what's this 'speaking', like you're some goddam kinda twit? When you're talkin' to me you say talkin', without the 'g'. It's more manly!”

Hemingway Test – 19 (Ringtones)

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“Blanton's single barrel. Best bourbon money can buy, in my humble hahaha opinion.” Trueblood waved it away.

Hemingway Test – 20 (Intrigue in Paris)

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“Bullshit called. As Sherlock would say, the game is afoot.”

Hemingway Test – 21 (Em v. the stranger)

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She hoped her voice would not come out too high, betraying her fright. Inspiration struck as she parted her lips to begin.

Hemingway Test – 22 (WACKO weirdo books)

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The three-member security team moved with the caution of housecats approaching a sleeping dog.

Hemingway Test – 23 (Mounting evidence)

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“Jesus Christ on a popsicle, man! The whole goddam world is watching us, wondering when we're gonna do something and here you are, just sitting on your ass waiting for...what? Goddam Godot?”

Hemingway Test – 24 (Shaping news)

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So for the first couple three days it was party time, ya know? Oo, I mean what's got into this man! Just wouldn't stop! Then the fun sorta wore out, ya know?

The Woman in the Wet Raincoat

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I sat in the dark, waiting for my client. Floorboards squeaked as someone climbed the stairs and stopped outside the door. At that exact moment the power came back on. I jumped at the sound of knuckles knocking on frosted glass and glanced at the bolt in the stud where I…

Hemingway Test – 25 (Pool talk)

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Hendrian went spastic, whitecapping the water as he rolled and upended, backwards with his head and chest underwater, legs and arms thrashing frantically.

Bitter Orange

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A poison bouquet of Merlot and brown floor muck bloomed in Seth’s nose. It’s one thing to sniff a freshly decanted red and another thing to shower in it.

Short Fuse

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he scans the headlines of the tabloids as he waits to pay. “Dog Accidentally Shoots Man With His Own Gun, Elvis's Hidden Extraterrestrial Daughter, Swedish Man Bursts Into Flames on Train Platform.”

The Swimmer

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He got tired of the pool party, the chit-chat, the suburban posturing, and he decided to swim home.

At the Reception

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"Check out these dudes,” he says. “They're all wearing kilts. Not that there's anything wrong with that, as long as they're wearing underwear.