Clifford knocked on the castle door. He was drenched from the rain. He heard thunder rumble in the distance. An old woman opened the door and, without a word, beckoned him to follow her into the study. A fire crackled in the fireplace, and above the mantle, was a painting of a young girl. Her… Continue reading
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Laura Loveloose and the Portal
Laura Loveloose sauntered into her boudoir. She was wearing a loose fitting negligee that accentuated her curvaceous body. An older man, in his 40’s, sat on the edge of the king-sized bed. He looked up at her and asked, “Where did you leave it?” “You know where it is,” she responded. He rose from the… Continue reading
Earl and the Ghost
Earl was sitting alone in his cabin in the woods. It was a dark and quiet night. Not a breeze stirred the leaves on the tall trees. A wolf, from far in the distance, howled a long and lonely note. As he was sitting, sipping his wine, he suddenly heard the clanking of chains. An… Continue reading
Thorn Splinter and the Case of the Missing Beaver
Thorn Splinter, private eye, propped his feet on his desk and fiddled with the cigarette in his hand. He lit it and listened to the rain patter outside his office window. It was going to be another long and lonely Friday evening. Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door. In stepped tragedy wearing boots… Continue reading
Elegy For a Teletubby
Jason pulled out a knife from the kitchen drawer and walked upstairs. “I’ve had it with Teletubbies,” he grumbled. The technicolored horrors lay strewn across the bedroom floor, wailing with the last of their batteries. He reached for the red one. Its batteries always seemed to die first. He turned it over and poked at… Continue reading
The Legend of the Weed Panda
Smokey prevented a forest fire, despite the fact that he was stoned to the gills. “Just a little to take the edge off,” he thought to himself, before inhaling a potent cloud of … wait! That last one smelled like wood smoke! He stumbled over to the cabin window and looked out. His whole front… Continue reading