Katy Campbell

The Fairy Tale Food Chain

Everyone knows that witches like to eat children. Hazel and Thistle were no different. They were sisters who lived together in a house that stood on chicken feet. It wasn’t that they couldn’t eat other things. Sometimes they would eat bunnies, or chipmunks, or stroganoff, but children were their preference. Their home was in theContinue reading “The Fairy Tale Food Chain”

Thursday Limerick: Pumpkin Spice

One fateful day in mid-fall, The hipsters broke into a brawl. Natural pumpkin spice, Was three times the price,And that is what caused them to bawl.

Thursday Limerick: The Hawk

Happy Thursday! Here is your weekly limerick: There once was a clothes-wearing hawk. Who attempted to put on a sock. But her talons did tear, So she left her feet bare, And settled instead for a frock.

Thursday Limerick: The Righteous Blogger

Here is your weekly limerick! I know a blogger named Dwight.* Who always insists he is right. If you counter his claims, He moans and complains!I think he enjoys a good fight. *I do not actually know any bloggers named Dwight. Such name was chosen because it rhymes with right. Any relation to actual bloggersContinue reading “Thursday Limerick: The Righteous Blogger”

Thursday Limerick: The Frog Blog

There once was a literate frog, Who decided to start his own blog. Posts on how to baste flies, And make cockroach pies, Were hits with the folks in the bog.

Thursday Limerick: Pizza

Pizza was Ralph’s biggest vice. To abstain was his doctor’s advice. When temptation came, He could not refrain, And died while consuming a slice.

Thursday Limerick: Plants

(Written after several days of trying to keep a Venus Fly Trap alive. Someone please explain how those things survive in the wild, without people to bring them their distilled water and soy lattes?!?! Freakin’ diva plant!) Why do plants that I want always die, While the ones that I don’t, multiply? No matter howContinue reading “Thursday Limerick: Plants”

Thursday Limerick: Californians

Happy Thursday: They say Californians are nice.It’s true, but they do have one vice. When they start to drive, You must fight to survive.Before getting a rental, think twice. What should next week’s limerick be about? Let me know in the comments. Challenges welcome.

Thursday Limerick: Coffee

And now back to the Thursday Limerick. Seattle is home to a brew, That helps me start each day anew. Some have even said, It can raise up the dead!And I believe their stories are true.

New Short Story (Written by a Robot)

Instead of doing a limerick this week, I decided to give you all a new short. I fed every story on my website into the Botnik predictive keyboard. The result is beautiful. I think I might just give up writing and let AIs do it from now on. Here you go: The people of HelevinaContinue reading “New Short Story (Written by a Robot)”