Stories posted 5/19/2007

  • Pulling into the Driveway Inspired by text

    “We all love Uncle Jim very much, but you never know what kinda mood he’s gonna be in,” Mom said, as she ashed her Vantage 10…

  • Over a Barrel: The Gorilla and Our Stalwart Hero

    Atop a steel girder 25 meters high, the 800 pound gorilla looked down at Mario and reached for a nearby barrel. Grunting and …

  • Snow Inspired by a photo

    The white fell all around
    Covering the view of the ground
    The children ran out to play
    As their parents clear the driveway

  • a dream poem

    I sit upon a bed of pillows underneath piny oaks.
    i stare Into the vast starlit sky. clouds cascade over the moon
    I think of …

  • optomistic aptitude: song lyrics

    Does the rain always fall?
    Does the sun never come?
    Do you always sit there wondering about yesterday?
    Are you always the sam…

  • A Dancing Husband

    His study would have been more in depth had the radio not gone silent for a second before belting out, “Dah-dunna-dunna-duh-d…

  • buts, dresses, and appatite Inspired by text

    “But! But! I don’t have time for buts. I need to be eaten! and now!”

    “I’m sorry! I don’t know what I was thinking.”...

  • Christmas With Ithaqua Inspired by text

    Tragic, that in the mist they cannot see
    The lurking horror high in the trees-
    A cannibal spirit from Arctic climes
    Brings ma…

  • Teh Stoopid Idear Inspired by text

    What a stupid idea he’d had. But once he’d had it, he couldn’t get rid of it. He’d get out of bed in the morning: there it wa…

  • Hidden... In... The Shadows! Inspired by text

    “Well, at least there aren’t any ghosts.”

    “You know what would be funny? It would be funny if we were ghosts. Ow! What the…

  • backup plan Inspired by text

    “Lionel! I need to get out of here!” she used the crystal-bally thing to evacuate the dragonhome and ride on his back.

    “why…

  • Let Us In, Uncle Jim Inspired by text

    Gina forgot to close the door of the station wagon as she ran to greet the square-jawed boxer. “Hiii Simpy! Hii girl… How a…

  • The Ballad of Dwight Fry Inspired by text

    Crackling speakers were heard next and then a record player needle was heard sweeping across the vinyl LP. Alice Cooper’s “Ba…

  • Shiver Me Timbers! Inspired by text

    “Dude, this is totally -“

    “Wait, did you hear something?”

    “Other than the uncanny silence of zombie-werewolf-vampire huntin…

  • The Cauldron Bears

    The companions were trying to move silently through the woods. Then the most bedraggled of them whispered, “Gurgi has buzzing…

  • Enter the Brigands Inspired by text

    “I don’t think awesomest is a word, but we got bigger problems!”

    “Dude, drop it like it’s hot.”

    “Just in front of us, right…