Stories tagged with "holiday"

  • Kiss Me Quick

    “YOU can kiss me if you like.”

    I nearly choked on my coke. Sure I wanted to kiss her, pretty badly in fact, but that was pre…

  • Death Wants a Holiday Inspired by text

    _I wish I could take time off and someone else do my job for me. Like a weeks Holiday. Away from suffering and death. I’d avo…

  • I sit on my bed, looking like an idiot, dressed for Easter

    I hate birthday parties. They are the worst thing in the world.

    I could still hear all the little kids screaming and shriek…

  • Freedom from Thinking Day

    More news concerning yesterday’s inaugural Freedom from Thinking Day celebrations. Police report the death toll has risen to …

  • One Holiday Inspired by a photo

    I walked down the road I’ve seen for years. There’s the McColley’s house. There’s the Smith’s house. It all seemed so normal….

  • A Classroom Christmas Inspired by text

    “So, Mr. H, I was going to let the kids cut out Christmas trees and such for the classroom decorations. That’s all right, isn…

  • Happy frickin' Thanksgiving

    She glanced at the clock and tapped her fingernails nervously on the counter. She was running out of time.

    “Jeeez, how long …

  • Mutilating Sheep Carcases for Father Christmas Inspired by text

    “Mutilating sheep carcases for Father Christmas,” he said with slight hint of an Australian accent.

    “Wow,” Dr. Vij said in h…

  • Witching Hour Inspired by a photo

    A storm had started brewing in the early afternoon. As the evening darkness set in, the sound of thunder crept closer to the …