Category: Writing
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Memory Stick
It started as a good idea. It did a lot of good, and made people feel better, at least for a time. Then things changed. They called it The Memory Stick. And they insisted we use that The too. The Memory Stick has a revolutionary two-pronged plug that neatly fits into nostrils. When you plugged…
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Bearonautics
In an alternative dimension, an odd confluence of events surrounding one single moment in time had spun their reality off in a particularly strange direction. The moment this happened unfolded like this. “No, Edgar,” he sighed. “I said AERonautics. Not bearonautics.” “Well it’s too late now.” And it was. Ever since then, airliners around the…
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The Boredom Machine
If only boredom could be harnessed for good. That was the thought that set her off down the path of invention. Geri had never invented anything in her life before, but she spent the next seven years working day and night to come up with something. After a year, she was ready with the first…
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How To Childproof A Modernist Home
I half dreamed, half wrote a sketch this morning at about 4am. I have no idea if it’s funny (it’s really not), or even if it’s vaguely original, but I thought I’d type it up and publish it here, for no other reason than it’s Sunday, the sun is shining, and I have no other…
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Go Mini Figure
The invasion happened slowly. It took decades and happened right before our eyes, yet no-one saw it coming. Some people claimed they’d seen it coming, after the fact, when we were all locked in our basements, cowering from the invaders, not knowing what our fates would be, and what their end game was. Those people…
