TRIFFID STRIKE
Claude Hatfield thought he was taking a picture of a cute baby lizard on a boulder. Little did he know he would be recording his final seconds alive while at the same time capturing the lightning strike of an enraged triffid.
Claude Hatfield thought he was taking a picture of a cute baby lizard on a boulder. Little did he know he would be recording his final seconds alive while at the same time capturing the lightning strike of an enraged triffid.
Loon: A hearty welcome to the 3 question interview. Our celebrity ghost today is one Jack Dempsey, a professional boxer of note, so I am told. Mr. Dempsey, a ring is round. Why is a boxing ring square? Dempsey’s ghost: Hell, I dunno. Loon: Who invented gloves? Dempsey’s ghost: Kid, lemme give it to you […]
Frozen in their stillness like grizzled centaurs in smoked buckskin, the men stared down as if bedeviled by the sparkling water. When you’re fixin’ to write a mountain man book like this here Bloody Hand, it’s flat proper to worry out all the purple prose you can honestly haul aboard with no fear of penalty.
It’s d, d, d! Oh, she danced like crazy up and down those marble stairs!
Adele retired from show biz and married into the British aristocracy because: a. she’d always wanted to live in a castle. b. she’d always wanted to live in a castle and preside over tea. c. she’d always wanted to live in a castle, preside over tea, and tell the butler ‘That will be all, Smythe’. […]
Youth HERE AND NOW there and then Age THERE AND THEN here and now
The man arrived early, as always. He was led to his usual table in the far corner. His hands shook. Would she show again? Here, this date, this hour, this 23rd time. He sighed. A flood of relief. There she is. He watched her take her seat at the table far across the room. She […]
Loon: I am told by the Lords of the 4th Dimension that today’s guest for the 3 question interview, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was a famous poet. Mr. Longfellow, how hard is it to think up rhymes? Longfellow’s ghost: Rhymes are not of prime importance. Loon: I see. What is then? Longfellow’s ghost: Rhythm is the […]