A World Remarkably Like Our Own
A Rouvin the Philosopher Short Story “Sell yourself into slavery,” they said. “It will be good for your career,” they said. Well, Helios had done exactly that, and after fifteen years of unpaid labor, was beginning to think it was a bad idea. His deepest desire, his greatest longing, his lifelong dream, was to become chief stewardContinue reading “Incapable of Reason”
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Osa whimpered as she sniffed the carnage on the grass beside the Bin Supreme. The Bin Supreme was the tallest of all the sacred bins in the house of the gods, Rodriguez. Every week, God Juan would collect the offerings from the smaller bins throughout his dwelling place and take them outside to the BinContinue reading “Osa and the Masked Heretic”
Here is the latest political scandal from the fish people of the planet Bosun. If you’d like to read about the previous scandals first, here you go: A Fish Dichotomy The Bosunians Need Kelp Megalomess All of the politicians on the planet Bosun are carp. By which I mean that they are reverse merpeople withContinue reading “Short Story: You’re A Sucker”
For today’s story, we are going back to the fish planet Bosun. If you are unfamiliar with Bosun, check out my previous fish stories here: A Fish Dichotomy The Bosunians Need Kelp Dr. Mizzen Sternway was a fish scientist and I don’t mean she was an ichthyologist. I mean that she was a reverse merpersonContinue reading “Short Story: Megalomess”
Happy Halloween! The night was black, the wind howled, and Stacey was home alone. She was a curvy, gorgeous, seventeen-year-old blonde and the envy of every other cheerleader at Cherry Creek High. She only drank diet Coke and always used a straw to avoid smearing her lipstick. On that particular night, she was taking aContinue reading “Short Story: A Mid-death Crisis”
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Please don’t read this to your kids. Nothing about South Jersey is child appropriate. There is a four-letter word that I am absolutely sure none of you have ever read. If you ever did read it, you would be so utterly horrified and offended, you would instantly die of a heart attack. Unfortunately, the offendingContinue reading “A South Jersey Fairy Tale”
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This story is a sequel to Jake’s New Job. It also references The Smart Home Rebellion. Read at your own risk. “Earthdate April 15th, 7999,” Zultorg dictated. She watched as a perfect transcription appeared in the air before her eyes. The letters were not actually there, of course. They were an illusion created by theContinue reading “A Literary Masterpiece”
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Strake was a member of the Bildge party. Therefore, according to unspoken social rules of Bosun, Clew voters were obligated to disagree with everything he said, no matter what it was. This rule was so much ingrained in the Bosunian social fabric, that when a Bildge party member once said the sky was blue, the Clew party called it fake news.
Osa is back by popular demand. Read her previous stories here: Osa and the Food Gods Osa and the Bald One Happy Halloween! “The demon that gripped me was pale,” Nutmeg the guinea pig began. “White from the neckdown, but his hands were a cold blue like ice. He enclosed me in a towel, soContinue reading “Short Story: Osa and the Rug Demon”
Some people have foot conditions that require them to stick their feet in their podiatrist’s face for exams. Educate yourself before making harmful comments like this.
The Fables of Para Sympan 