Evan stared at his cat for hours. The cat acted as though nothing were out of the ordinary, despite the diamond in the litter box.
Month: September 2012
Quotable 120
Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
– Kurt Vonnegut
haiku 232
divorce court –
I park near
the funeral home
#quikfic 19
Horace was determined to act on his counselor’s advice to embrace his fears. So he ran toward the tornado with his arms wide open.
Quotable 119
Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
– Terry Pratchett
haiku 231
afternoon walk
jogs memory
of paper route
#quikfic 18
The chairwoman of the antidisestablishmentarianism conference was better known for her experimentation with deoxyribonucleic acid.
Fiction: ‘If You Really Want One’
“Isn’t this damn line ever going to move?”
“No, Erik, it isn’t,” Lee said. “This is hell, and we’ll be standing here for all eternity. Just to annoy you.”
“I believe it,” Erik said.
“Erik,” Bobby said, “I know we dragged you here against your will, but try to have just the tiniest bit of fun, huh?”
“Yeah, try not to make us wish we were dead, too,” Arthur pleaded.
“I’m told that the dead have very few problems.”
His friends sighed; Erik the Grim had spoken.
Through the tightly packed mass of people thronging the state fair, Erik brightened suddenly as he spotted an old man holding a fresh caramel apple by its stick.
Quotable 118
People read fiction for emotion – not information.
– Sinclair Lewis
haiku 230
<squirrels>
a quick look away
</squirrels>