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• HOG riders Itch pt 2

  by Wyatt Aapr 14 days ago

  Checker, raising an eyebrow, “Exposed to the wind?”
  Luther, “Yeah, I think it’s the cross currents that make it itch. It’s ei…

• Speaking with Mozart

  by Pathfinder 24 days ago

  “Excellent, excellent,” Mozart gurgled, clapping like mad!

  “Wow, thanks Wolfgang,” I said in awe – my piano playing was bein…

• The New Smell-O-Vision

  by judee4u2 2 months ago

  Kevin and Beth had camped out at the strip mall so that they could be one of the first to buy the new Smell-O-Vision camera. ...

• Motorcycle Accident

  by Stovohobo 2 months ago

  It all happened like slow motion, like those Discovery Channel clips of a frog snapping out its tongue to devour a fly.

  Firs…

• Bad Acting

  by BrokenAngel 2 months ago

  We finished eating and were about to go home when Matt said, “Hey there’s a party on the beach. Ya’ll wanna come?”
  I bit my …

• Wood Bike, Brick Bike?

  by Holdini 3 months ago

  George looked down at the rickety wooden bike. Should he buy it? Sure he didn’t have much luck with the straw motorcycle but …

• No Bones About It

  by Robotech_Master 5 months ago

  “Hey, Barry. I heard about your Dad. Tough break.”

  “Thanks, Carl. But you know, it was just his time to go. At least he was …

• I Got It On eBay

  by uselessness 6 months ago

  He said it would be over on Tuesday. All over. Wash-our-hands- of-the-matter-and-get-on-with-our-lives-already over. Fair eno…

• Sequelbait?

  by White Hat 7 months ago

  I mounted the vespa in as close to motorcycle style as I could manage. Kick-start.

  “Bruummm-cough-sputter,” said the vespa.
  ...

• Motorcycles

  by Music-Hearted 8 months ago

  When Allie and I were kids, Dad always told us this story about a motorcycle accident. He was new at the hospital then, but h…