Stories tagged “spoof”
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The Catcher in ... whatever
…We’ll be right back after these messages… Holden Caulfield is a young man on the brink. He is on the line this time. His entire way of life as a spoilt boarding-school kid is in danger. All he has to do is pick up the fencing foils b...
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The Turtle Speaks
His bare foot swished water across the floor and a turtle came into the room. “It’s not that you’re alone,” it said. It smelled like the ocean, but Ethan wasn’t sure what to think since the farmhouse was older than the ocean. “What dimensio...
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The Burgundy Cat
Hume was the Chesire Cat’s cousin. Not striped. Not witty. And he was definitely not cruel. Cheshire, or Cheshy, as he likes to be called around family, was unacceptably mean. One day, during a family get together, Hume remembered how Cheshy spok...
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The Turtle Shows the Way
They walked down the front steps of the farmhouse that were as gray as wildebeests. The wind sweeped between them, sounding like voices at a great symposium. “You have another stone unturned,” the turtle said. “Another riddle?” ...
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Elf Kindergarten
Ulydorah skipped all the way to elf kindergarten. She lived in a moving tree by the whispering river down from the tall mushroom that was the school. Ulydorah hummed a melody of serene beauty, and the wild flowers burst open in fuschia and crimson. She...
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Guilt
Dear Slim, I wrote you, but you still aint calling. I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom. I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not have got them. There probably was a problem in the post office or something. Sometimes I scrib...
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The Master
The kid got out of his dented Olds and hefted his duffel. He checked the address again. The grew long and the porch sagged. After he knocked on the door, the guy who answered the door was pot-bellied, his clothes stained. The whole place stank of booze...