Beak Rampart flexed his thigh. That’s all it took. The waters surrounding The Great Stone of Dismay receded along with the hairline of a prominent psychologist. A river of throttled gazelles spewed forth from Hell. The land slid, causing winning. Oh, yeah, there was a cloud, too.
The pleasant loan officer, after a full and satisfying day of denying loans, glided effortlessly through the water, completing his usual 20 laps in what must have been record time. He climbed from the pool, admiring his own torso with a discreet smile. Displaying a twinkle in his eye and a broad, friendly grin, he […]
The snorting legume rode into town, pulled up in front of the saloon, swung down from the saddle, hitched its pony, Old Sour Eyes, to the rail, and clomped through the swinging doors into the bar. All activity ceased. Customers froze in place, staring at the snorting legume. The player piano player stopped playing the […]
The Chapter Three Snowman sidles his sinister way into Chapter Five. He works along the corridor and slips through the door into the maintenance engineer’s closet. All right, janitor’s. There, I’ve said it, and I’m not sorry. The snowman empties the ammonia jug of ammonia, not a big surprise, and fills it instead with talcum […]
The red red rose, after her transformation from streetcar conductor Ethel Parker, found bliss in marriage to this white fence, altered magically from his previous existence as Dave Pillers, insurance adjustor and hat model. Convenience? They had been frightfully dedicated one to the other when both were human, though when pressed into maritime service, they […]
The red glove yearned with all her being to perform a dastardly deed. In fact, the word ‘dastardly’ danced about in her mind through all her waking hours. She wasn’t all that perfectly clear on what it meant, but she knew a certain amount of nastiness was involved. For instance, when dining one evening with […]
A mandarin gets stuck on a coal barge. You phone the police. A headless egret flies by. You duck into Spencer’s Gym and go a few rounds with Mushy Callaghan. A wild tangle of vines writhes down the middle of the street. You stagger home, all the while dodging chunks of falling concrete. Corn grows […]
The pleasant cloud drifted about in search of a parade to rain on. Foiled, it began to churn in a vigorous dance of rage. Just then, a raven wearing a top hat flew by. The cloud, snarling, launched a bolt of lightning ravenward. A high fiendish laugh of glee accompanied the deceased raven and singed […]
Little Jenny Factorypudding never left her room. When asked why by a visiting busybody, Little Jenny turned away to face the wall and froze in place until long after the busybody had given up, gone home, and consumed three flagons of apricot brandy and two corn muffins. It was only then that Little Jenny Factorypudding […]
Once upon a time in a Queendom by the nearest freeway, Queen Blood Lily of the Moon despaired of her daughter, the Princess Ferret Eyes. For you see, although Ferret Eyes was as lovely as a cormorant, she displayed a marked tendency to glow. Therefore, a competition to douse the Princess was proposed by the […]
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5 of 5 stars to The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton goodreads.com/review/show/55…
