He woke up ecstatic. Today, Christmas Eve, was the day Johnny and his friend, Steven, were testing their new invention: Missile Boots. "You're sure these have been fully calibrated?" Johnny asked, lacing the boots to his feet. He donned a Santa suit, complete with a hat and beard. "Positive. Let's soar, Santa." Steven declared. He hit the "Launch" command on his laptop. For a moment, silence. Johnny sighed. Then, boom. Th...
Online forums for writers had addicted this guy An average writer he was, but he wanted the limelight. Working hard was not his style, the quick way was to plagiarize, The risk of getting caught had haunted him for a while. 'Stop plagiarism!' was the perfect piece to plagiarize!Who in the world will think, a work on plagiarism was actually plagiarized.He copied the entire text and posted it on a site He received rave revi...
“Are you for real right now?” I heard my best friend Penny ask me from the other side of the room. I stood up and turned to look at her with a frown. “What are you talking about?” I asked as I shoved the same chunk of hair out of my eyes for the thousandth time with annoyance. It was times like these that I really wanted to just hack the crap off. Penny looked at me dumbfounded. “Seriously? Ash! – You brought every book a...
“It’s not what it looks like,” he said, frantically fumbling with the computer mouse. She smirked. “That isn’t the Victoria’s Secret website?” Failing to minimize the screen, he switched tactics. “I’m looking for your Christmas gift." “Oh? And only 364 shopping days left!” He stroked his beard and chuckled nervously, “Well, after all, I’m a busy man.” “You work one night a year!” she snapped. “Besides, you have an entire...
There was once a boy who was proud of being a righty We dominate the world, we represent the mighty “Lefties represent weakness, they are unnatural,” he declaredBeing a southpaw is an illness, their rights should be debarred We all are righties by birth, nobody is lefty by choice,Accept this problem and move on, instead of raising your voice His prejudice got shattered when he discovered a lefty friend,This poor guy had s...
He really hated the Holidays. She woke up ecstatic and asked, "You got what for my mother?" The Christmas present ticked under the tree, giving away his plan to relocate the old bird about a block away in one satisfying ka-boom! He smiled and said, "I got her a travel package, air fare included." As it turned out, moving his bowling trophies and his precious beer mug collection to a safe place was for nothing. How was he...
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I’m NOT afraid of the dark! ‘clunk’, There it is that frightful sound! ‘clunk’, I shiver and shake as I look around. ‘clunk’, I’m so frightened because there is no light. ‘clunk’, What is it? Will I have to fight? ‘clunk’, Oh my God, you think I could win? ‘clunk’, I shiver and shake as I hear it again. ‘clunk’, Should I call for help? Will they come see? ‘clunk’, Or will IT hear and come eat me? ‘clunk’, I bite my tongue...
This first appeared in, Maggie Rascal’s, otherwise excellent, Select Stories’ site. Everything else there is better, in fact, much better. Check it out for yourself. “I guess it’s time we had that little talk.”His father’s voice was teasing, but Mark knew the talk would be about the summer job he hadn’t started. Time to change the subject. “Oh, I already know all about that stuff. The stork brings the babies and leaves th...
Fastest gun in the west MF Burbuaugh short story My name is Brentwater, William Brentwater. I have spent most of my life defending myself because of my size. Most people think because I am small I am some pansy. Far to many just called me Wee Willy behind my back and snicker. From sunup to sundown I spend every waking moment making my peacemakers sing deaths song. A few thought they could take me, they found out they were...
Driving through the rolling prairie of Wyoming was boring. The children sat at the table reading books. My wife sat in the other captain's chair, as I drove. Our destination was Devils Tower National Monument. Verdant rolling fields of grass covered this area of our country. The road I drove was two lanes wide and snaked through the countryside. As I drove around one of the many rolling hills, Devil's Tower loomed ahead....
The house was quiet. The children slept, while their mother and I labored in the kitchen. It was Thanksgiving Day and we worked to prepare our dinner. The turkey sat in the sink where cold water ran over it. A big yellow bowl sat on the counter full of stuffing mix, vegetables, melted butter and broth. I stirred it carefully making sure that everything mixed well. We had two cats, one a Russian Blue named Smokey, the othe...
Karen and I set up our first double date for Saturday night. It confuses me, but Karen feels it is perfect. She and I will not be dates. She wants to date Henry and I get to date her best friend, Janice. Karen and I live on the same street two houses away. We have been friends since we were three years old. When we started school, Janice became our friend. Now we are seniors in high school. We spent all our school years t...
Amber Khory sat at table where Kale escorted her, while her friend Jess and her boyfriend James danced. She didn't want to go out, but Jess wouldn't take no for an answer and dragged her along. Now her ass killed her and she was slightly drunk. She wasn't drunk yet, but she felt it approaching. Coming back from the girls' room, Kale stopped her before she reached the table. "Do I need to drive you home? I don't want a rep...
Here I sit writing. Pardon me a moment. Something is poking me in the butt. Ouch, that hurt, as I pull a feather out of my butt cheek. I feel several other pin feathers there. I scratch my head with wonder. Why am I growing tail feathers? Am I changing and if so why? I eat a lot of chicken and eggs. I think I developed some chicken traits lately. I scratch around looking for nothing in particular. I flap my arms, but get...
