Almost everything in the room was green, from the emerald tiles to the olive chairs, to the lime table, to the virescent curtains. When Lady Sinclair chose a theme, she committed. The two interruptions to the colour scheme – a splash of red and a deep, metallic grey – would ordinarily have been welcome additions,... Continue Reading →
Lily gave Mark a look of disdain. There was, he thought, an art in the way she curled her lip. "It's not really my fault," he said. "All right." Lily sat down. "Explain. I'm a fan of absurdist fiction." "You could have left a note. 'Do Not Eat. This is for the party.' I came... Continue Reading →
"I could think of no better way to tell you I love you than with this," he says, presenting her with the waffle-heart-capped dispenser. "Funny," she replies, pushing her sunglasses down her nose. "I can think of at least ten." This is for Three Line Tales. Thanks to Sonya for running the challenge and Roman... Continue Reading →
"Draw what you feel," the Dark Counselor had told him during his Dark Counseling sessions. So TK-910 picked up his brush and painted, drawing his desires streak by streak until he stepped back and looked at a terrified Luke Skywalker, caught right in his crosshairs, unable to escape. And this time, TK-910 wouldn't miss. This is... Continue Reading →
Episode 2: Fancy Cheese There's an assortment of snacks available in the cafe. Nothing too fancy or intensive to make. There's sweets like cookies and brownies, snacks like mixed nuts and bananas, and if you're up for a meal there's stuffed pretzels, personal pizzas, and sandwiches. The pretzels are pretty popular- they're all stuffed. One... Continue Reading →
"And if you look to your left," Ernie said to the tourists, giving a flamboyant gesture of his hands, "you'll see one of our longtime residents." Cameras clicked and fingers pointed as they beheld the blue-feathered bird. She was perched upon a branch, a hollowed cup in her hand. "And what's so special about her,... Continue Reading →
Getting the helmet off was proving more of a challenge than he'd expected. Putting it on had been easy, but now it had somehow gotten caught and he was stumbling around the house. He hadn't bothered to clean the thing in years and the dust and grime made everything look like a brown fog. Stretching out... Continue Reading →
“It was instinct. I just let go of them.” That was what I said when people start screaming and my boss grabbed me, asking "What the Hell happened? What did you do?" It was what I told Animal Control when they started yelling at me. It also forms the core of my legal defense. I... Continue Reading →
This can't be that hard, Jack thought, sitting down in front of the piano. He took a deep breath, stretched out his fingers (He was sure he'd seen a piano player – Pianist? Pianoteer? Something. – do that once), and turned his attention to the keys. White and black stared up at him as he tried... Continue Reading →
Stan had always loved his car. He thought it was bold, daring, creative, and, in his own words "the sort of thing that gets noticed in a crowd." It had been his dad's first, a rusty old thing that scarcely worked, but a few parts had seen to that. An artist friend and some cans... Continue Reading →
