Category Archives: Fiction

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1455: How Valentine’s Day Came to be

So yesterday it was Valentine’s Day, but it’s also Valentine’s Day today, even though it was yesterday. Go figure. Anyway, I figured I’d write about how Valentine’s Day came to be. You see, way back in the dawn of time, … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 211: Chicken is The Abyss

Some famous dude once said “If you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you if you do it long enough” or something like that, and it left me wondering for a while. It left me thinking about … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1451: We Need to Ban Words

You know how words twist and turn and do all of those things that make us express wonder at how they do the things they do? You know how words exist? YOU KNOW WORDS? Man, let me tell you about … Continue reading

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Unlimited Noise Hamburger

One day there was this object of desire that people couldn’t work out. It seemed to be of some sort of delectable creation, and it seemed to be everything that everyone desired, and something that no one desired, but it … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1431: Ewe and the Mysterious Man

Morning. It’s morning. Need to think of something to churn out . Need to think of what Ewe would want to read. Actually, I don’t, but maybe I will. That’s a good idea. Okay, let’s see. Alright, so there was … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 209: A Conversation at a Beach

For what seemed a while, the two sat there without speaking a word. The sound of the waves lapping at the wide stretch of beach carried the silence, as did a light breeze as first light broke the darkness, and … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1429: The Coldest of Shoulders

So there was this person who existed. They existed in a way that allowed them to be noted as existing, but often they would go through life not recognised or having attention thrown their way, and that’s the way they … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1428: Late Evening

So the other night I was working on something that probably wasn’t all that important, but at the time it seemed important at least, but it wasn’t. But that’s not important. What is important is that I was working on … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1423: There is no getting away

What is even going on? I’m sitting here and nothing is happening, and this person is droning in my ear and I have no freedom to articulate or respond. I cannot get away mas they follow me wherever I go, … Continue reading

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The Brain Fire

I wrote this yesterday after someone I speak to said something that gave me an idea. Recently this person has stoked a greater desire in me to write than I usually have, and so I’ve collated a bunch of ideas … Continue reading

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