Teeth chattering, a bug-eyed ball of frizz dug its claws into the wooden counter. “M-m-m-more!” it demanded. “You’ve had enough,” the man in the stained white apron said with a wave. “M-M-M-MORE!” it

It's Valentine's day, sue me. I think of you most every day I almost send a text your way Stopping me, an ugly truth More of me pushes most away </3 </3 </3 You said you're sad to see me go Yet

So there I was, string tied to my dick as was the local custom, when I felt a great grumbling rumbling in my stumbling. I mean stomach. Why’d I say stumbling? Weird. Anyhow, my stomach felt like two cats

I had almost made it. The Warden had dozed off in his chair again and I had to take the chance. I had spent hours upon hours, days upon days, chipping, rubbing, wiggling, and otherwise accelerating entropy

As part of a writing exercise, we were given a persimmon seed. We had ten minutes to come up with something - here's my bit. A mighty tree stands ‘fore me decades on decades old. Oh mighty tree, may I

Word Exercise [Spoon, Tick, Snowflake, Protest, Random, Help, Happy, Leaf, Machine, Kid] “Hey Champ, what are you doing?” I called out to the kid who seemed to be running around at random. “Catchin’

I'm still alive, I promise! Over the next few days I'll post some writing exercises. I'm not doing NaNoWriMo, though I am trying to write every day. Picture and Caption Exercise Random Picture: Satirical

[This is an older piece, but a friend reminded me about it. More information / Inktober stuff appears at the end.] It was going to be a long way up, but I knew it'd be worth the trouble. I'd been looking

Preface: I'm doodling my little doodles. In addition to this, I'm trying to write short stories when inspiration strikes. The Inktober sketch for this story appears at the top and there's a collage of

It had been a full day since the family first sought refuge in the small cabin. The hours had been spent pacing, arguing, and, for the two youngest members, huddling together under the table. They knew

“Beam yourself up!” “I’m sorry, what did you say?” “I said beam yourself. The fuck. Up.” “How dare you speak to your commanding officer like that?” “Oh, I dare.” “You’re on thin ice!” “What are you going

“It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” -Socrates ‘This was supposed to be easy,’ I thought, having heard the challenges and feats expected

Sunshine and smiles permeated the small encampment. Anything seemed possible on a day like today, and the trio were bubbling with excitement. “I bet we’ll find monsters!” said Josh, a freckled boy of eight.

Some of you might know I'm in to flags - I saw this big guy today and thought I'd share. I think it's related to sports, but have no other information. If you know what it's about, I'd love to hear it!

The bag wasn’t anything special, but it caught her eye. Everything seemed just the slightest bit more attractive than the purse she was carrying - the color seemed to match her dress, the clasps had a

“Madmen part their hair on the right, you know.” The statement was issued without the slightest acknowledgement of its target. The young woman who made the statement remained melted into the couch cushions,

“What’s with the long face?” “I have a bad feeling about that worm over there.” “How so?” “Well, Tommy went for one just like it an hour ago and I haven’t seen him since.” “That’s so Tommy - he’s probably

“Surf’s up dude!” “What are you, a stereotype?” “Whaddya mean? Like a Sony?” “You just said ‘surf’s up, dude’.” “Well, it is! If we don’t get going, we’ll miss it!” “Miss the surf?” “Yeah!” “How does one

The situation, as I was thoroughly informed, was that no overtime would be approved. It didn't matter that we were short staffed. It didn't matter that my manager couldn't run till. The rules were the

The young man boarded the plane with wood, nails, and a hammer. "What do you have there?" "What do you mean?" "This is a flying course. No need for all that!" "Oh, sorry,