"THE DAY I BECAME A TED TALK HATER" by Zoé Mahfouz
Hi everyone, my name is none of your business and I’m a TED Talk hater. Watching TED Talks started out as a distraction. Something...
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- Jul 21
- 8 min
"Death Date: N/A" by Sarah Skinner
Photo by Sarah Skinner Lori waited outside the HR office of Symtek Call Center. Her fingers turned pale as she squeezed the portfolio....
- Jul 21
- 1 min
"Irreversible" by John Szamosi
After listening to a speech on injustice, Cannon Fodder decided to petition the Council to turn him back into young people. He went to...
- May 27
- 15 min
"Social Camp" by Mike Craig
Sometimes Esther put a towel around her head because nothing else worked. The noise and thrum of the city, the insistent beeping of...
- May 27
- 10 min
"The Workshop" by Lori D'Angelo
Clive Owen, a former acrobat who’d stayed in shape, came to graduate fiction workshop each week in an azure-colored leotard. The only...
- Dec 12, 2023
- 37 min
"Man's Best Friend" by C.W. Scogna
My name is Butch Kissimmee IV and I’m going to die soon. Soon is the operative word, as I have only just turned the big 8-0-0-0, well...
- Nov 12, 2023
- 5 min
"The Walrus Cometh" by Susan Andrelchik
At first it was just Starbucks but then the old ones discovered the independent coffee shops. There were so many new patrons that the...
- Aug 20, 2023
- 5 min
"Being the Bear" by Michele Markarian
“All I have to do is put on a bear costume and march for two hours?” Jen asked. “Yes.” The casting agent on the other end of the phone...
- Jul 9, 2023
- 16 min
"Main Character Energy" by Christian Fitzgerald
“Well, Maurice, sunlight is canceled.” “I’ll add it to the list, Mr. Crush.” Craig Crush cast aside the tablet he had been reading from...
- May 13, 2023
- 16 min
"Wrong Side of the Ice Wall" by Aaron Jacobs
Let me tell you about the time I was eight and made my big screen debut in Cannibal Family. I played Billy Barker, the youngest son of a...
- Apr 16, 2023
- 2 min
"The Last Conspiracy Theory" by Brenda Anderson
Wake Up, Sheeple! We bring you RICE IN SPACE, the greatest conspiracy of all time. Space itself, of course, is a giant cover-up but...
- Jul 24, 2022
- 9 min
"News from Lake Amnesia" by Jack Garvey
The Holiday Party When friends asked me to join them at a Christmas party, I didn't want to go empty-handed, and I had no idea what the...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 6 min
"Barry the Millennial" by Daniel Groves
Have you ever awoken in the morning filled with a sense of dread? That today the world might end and you wouldn’t mind because then you...
- Feb 6, 2022
- 5 min
"MBGA: Or, America’s First HOA" by Allison Vincent
NARRATOR: Good evening, I’m Bartleby Zane and you’re watching the Cracks of Time where we examine historical moments that might have...
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
"Thank you for shopping at Wingmans" by Kellie Scott-Reed
Thank you for shopping at Wingmans We appreciate your feedback! Date of Service: 9/20/21 Comments: It’s not every day that one life is...
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