Tag: short-stories
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Monte
This piece was written in May of 2019 for no particular reason, and now it is being repurposed for Fandango’s Flashback Friday. To Monte, it seemed as if they’d been walking for days. He wished they could stop for a snack & a drink of water, but apparently The Guy was on some sort of mission.…
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Ace of Chalices | Big-Big Toothpicks
It all began with an avocado pit that appeared midair one day. It just hung there, waiting for something to happen. So, Og and Julie, the only two people (Cave dwellers) on the planet observed it for a few days. Eventually, Julie had an idea. “Og, here’s what we do: get two big-big toothpicks and…
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Roger
It’s time for Fandango’s Story Starter. Click here to join in. This week our story starter is: When the detective pulled back the sheet, he knew immediately that… When the detective pulled back the sheet, he knew immediately that it was time to look for a new job. He couldn’t take it anymore and threw…
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Two of Pentacles | Pride & Panic
Arnold stopped wearing clothes when he was around 13 years old. He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror during gym class and decided he could no longer deprive the world of his tantalizing physique. His parents tried everything from grounding Arnold to psychiatric counseling. Grounding him was a joke. He simply spent all…
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XVI The Tower | A Doll House
Darlene was a Titan — a very large Titan. Out of five children she was the only one born with the Titanism gene mutation. By the time she was ten years old, Darlene could no longer live in the family home. Her father found an abandoned shipping container which he somehow brought home and left in…
aka, The Abject Muse 