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Humorous fiction and short stories

Jesus and the Sea Star

By Matt Kolbet on May 30, 2016

The old man watched as the young boy picked up another starfish and hurled it back into the tides. He marveled at how many starfish…

The Inamesia Scare

By Stephen Faulkner on May 23, 2016

By Stephen Faulkner 23 May 2016 It has long been the decided opinion of the majority of the combined populations of Balton, Seabridge, Foe’s Landing…

Begging the Question

By Jacob Buckenmeyer on February 7, 2016

Alan and Bert were sophomores at Dugald Macpherson High School and they’d been arguing all week about which of them should invite Stacey Perkins to…

The Great Wall of Pie

By Various on February 1, 2016

By Arthur H. Smith 1 February 2016 Migrating towards the Southern border, thousands of low level shrubs quietly move through the mean countryside by night…

Any Job for Bob

By Tariq Mehmood on October 13, 2015

There were days in London when drinkers lived in dread of the hated bell and those spine chilling words, ‘Last Orders at the Bar.’ This…

The Proposal Thief

By Alexander Carver on August 25, 2015

by Alexander Carver That afternoon I spontaneously proposed to Daphne while on a nature hike in the Malibu canyons. Having reached the crest of a…

You Stink!

By Tariq Mehmood on August 23, 2015

Tariq Mehmood I never thought a rubbish dump would ever talk to me, but one day a dump in Ain Al Mresseih, Beirut did just…

Max and Tony

By Josh Rank on July 4, 2015

By Josh Rank Max’s field of vision bobbed up and down as the headrest beat against the back of his head. He tried leaning forward,…

The Abominable Kitchen

By Anna B. Wilkes on May 23, 2015

By Anna B. Wilkes Though the events contained in these pages may seem fantastical beyond belief, I must confidently state that I am in complete…

Voltaire in England

By Fred Russell on January 4, 2015

by Fred Russell 4 January 2015 In May 1726 Voltaire sailed up the Thames, London-bound. He was thirty-two at the time, a scrawny Frenchman with…

Don’t Forget to Swim

By Jennifer Hanno on August 18, 2014

The first time I lost a kid, I felt real bad about it. I’d seen him treading water, of course, but there were others in…

What’s Next to Go

By Heather Startup on June 28, 2014

  The president is on TV, and my wife is holding her nose—not pinching it like he stinks (though he does), just cupping it like…



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