Stories tagged short-story

Horseshoe Champion

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It's a beautiful spring day in Boston. Birds are chirping. Flowers are blooming. And I'm eating a fajita while sitting on the stoop outside my apartment. Life is pretty ok. Suddenly, a rocketship descends from the sky and lands on the sidewalk.

From Midway To Halsted

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You don’t see me. You can’t see me. It’s too dark. No one sees me (sees me); no one can seize me, and if they seize me it’ll take some C-notes to retrieve me. I’m unstoppable.

Molecules

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Losing your virginity in a trailer park while on acid and with a recently deceased granny in the next room. Who hasn't been there?

Happy Monkey Holocaust

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More robots landed with more laser guns. Until they were everywhere. Swarms of them. They blasted monkeys left and right. Their fried monkeybodies were everywhere. This continued until the robots were all tuckered out, and they couldn’t find a monkey left

Empty Clock

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In the middle of the city stood an enormous clock. The clock contained many parts: gears, springs, cogs, and so on. But in this particular clock, the two most prominent parts were the bell and the pendulum. The pendulum swung every second, and the bell ra

Tak Tuckerby

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Tak Tuckerby was a racecar driver. He could drive a racecar fast and handle a racecar perfectly. Unfortunately, Tak could only drive in one direction.

The Uninvited Guest

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The first time I see her, she is slouched in a tire swing, pushing off with one foot and dragging the other beneath a dying pecan tree that probably hasn't made a nut in 20 years.

Three Palms

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It gets complicated.

Cul-de-sac

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Right after my tenth birthday, Lydia Leavitt moved on to our street. I don’t remember meeting her for the first time or what I thought when I first saw her.

The Insurance Policy

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“Not a good idea to talk so much, y’know? Just focus.”

Cheeseburgart

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"Yes, your burger has some real genuine character -- some real definition. And its lettuce is quite handsome! And that smudge of ketchup? Amazing! Any Cheeseburgart collector worth his salt would snatch your burger up in an instant."

Denial

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It all happened so fast.

Turbo Curry

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In many respects Boris was a totally normal camel. He enjoyed eating blueberry French toast, swimming at the YMCA, and playing badminton. You know -- normal camel stuff. However, Boris wasn't a normal camel. Boris was ghost. That's right: a ghost camel!

Another Plastic Surgery

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He told me to count backwards from 10. I was out by 8. He was now in complete control of my life – what a helpless situation.

Unknown Brothers

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His name is Rick Reynolds. His name is Steve Redford.