Stories posted 5/19/2007
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Pulling into the Driveway

“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…
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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 …
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Snow

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…
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buts, dresses, and appatite

“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.”...
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Christmas With Ithaqua

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

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…
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Hidden... In... The Shadows!

“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…
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backup plan

“Lionel! I need to get out of here!” she used the crystal-bally thing to evacuate the dragonhome and ride on his back.
“why…
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Let Us In, Uncle Jim

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…
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The Ballad of Dwight Fry

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

“Dude, this is totally -“
“Wait, did you hear something?”
“Other than the uncanny silence of zombie-werewolf-vampire huntin…
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The Cauldron Bears
The companions were trying to move silently through the woods. Then the most bedraggled of them whispered, “Gurgi has buzzing…
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Enter the Brigands

“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…