Stories tagged “fish”
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Juggerigeur
Juggerigeur The International Clown Encyclopedia, 6th Edition Juggerigeur refers to an obscure juggling tradition from Eastern Europe. Meaning literally “strict jester” (from joculatorem rigeur), the tradition dates back to 900 A.D. Perform...
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Stealth
I waited until it went dark for the night. The plan had sat in the forefront of my mind all week, and today was the day to strike. As soon as the guard killed the lights, I sprang into action. I grabbed the cell door and began to deal with the lock. I...
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Under The Sea
“It’s the last thing you’d ever expect to find in a swimming pool,” joked the man from animal control. No one else spoke. The Thomases stood anxiously at the poolside, staring at the shock of crimson against the pale pool water....
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Mer-made
She gagged – retching as she doubled over, blood-stained vomit pouring out of her over the beach. Shaking, she purged again and again until all that was left were dry spasms of pain. She grabbed at her stomach, feeling the small gobbet of fish sh...
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Alas,
A normal conversation between a fish and a muffin. Person 1: “Yeah. Well my hand was raped by a boob once.” Person 2: “Hah. I love the way you put it.” Person 1: “It was unwilling though.” Person 2: “No. A boob...
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Watching the Dogs
Though the green light winked at him, Micah did not move. He had not moved all night, nor had he taken the traffic signal’s advice the two previous nights. His lonely vigil, thus far inneffectual, kept him parked in a rented car outside ‘Ho...
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The Mind Of Kyle Bates
“Shit what’s that fucking smell.” Kyle looked around to find the smell, but all he found were two voices. “Kyle the more you sit, the more you wait, oh how short we play.” “Not now NOT NOW, for fucking sakes leave me...
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Fish
A fish watches the gulls flying above the lake. The fish wished it had wings. It wished for wings so much in fact, that one morning it awoke to find that wings had sprouted below its fins. The fish did a spin of excitement and swam eagerly towards the ...
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Public Relations
It felt good to be working again. A relief that, much like a hooker, kept me warm inside. Stopped in at Johnny Law’s to visit Captain Pike. Seeing his name on the door, I’m always torn between Star Trek jokes and fish jokes. He looked up. &...
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Dennis the fish
Dennis was a fish. He did fish-type things, went to fish-type places and enjoyed fish-type music. Each day Dennis would look outside his little castle to see many other little castles just like his occupied with a fish just like him. Dennis did not lik...
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Coagulation
My head was splitting as I slid across the floor reaching for the table. Though it was ancient and had the blood of many spilled on it, it was sturdy. My own blood was adding to the crusty brown surface and streaming down the table side while my arms w...
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crab walk gridlock
The scraggly kid poked his brain out the water at me, bobbing up and down in the murk green salty sea like a floaty barnacle. His swim trunks ballooned around like underwater rocket pants, and he bubble-barbled fishy pleases at me, who was Queen of the...
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Fishy Work to Do
Floating in the middle of the kitchen, just below eye level, Martin puckered and blinked his bulging eyes. Swirls of water lolled about him, aqueous satellites to a tiny, fishy planet. Every utensil, plate, cup, and bowl were strewn about, some cracked...
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Fish Tank
-“Woah, what are these things? Hello! They’re red and green. Orange and Yellow” -“They’re called fish don’t you know. They swim above, while we are below.” -“Fish, I hear you say, what are the for?”...