satire

Nov 910 min read

"The Grate Debate" by B. P. Gallagher

“You’re everything that’s wrong with this country, do you know that?” “Me? I’m sorry sweetheart, I thought that was your side.”...

"Taylor Swift Stole My Daughter" by Kirsten Oerke

Sep 244 min read

humor

"Taylor Swift Stole My Daughter" by Kirsten Oerke

Someone, please help me get these Taylor Swift songs out of my head. It’s not my fault, it’s my tween, Hailey. She plays the pop...

"The Secretary of State for the Heavens" by Simon Ravenscroft

Sep 241 min read

humor

"The Secretary of State for the Heavens" by Simon Ravenscroft

One day the sky turned red and the public blamed it on the new Secretary of State for the Heavens. On the contrary, said the Secretary of...

"THE DAY I BECAME A TED TALK HATER" by Zoé Mahfouz

Sep 33 min read

humor

"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...

Jul 218 min read

sci-fi

"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 211 min read

flash

"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 2715 min read

sci-fi

"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 2710 min read

humor

"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, 202337 min read

sci-fi

"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, 20235 min read

humor

"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, 20235 min read

humor

"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...

"Main Character Energy" by Christian Fitzgerald

Jul 9, 202316 min read

sci-fi

"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...

"Wrong Side of the Ice Wall" by Aaron Jacobs

May 13, 202316 min read

satire

"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...

"The Last Conspiracy Theory" by Brenda Anderson

Apr 16, 20232 min read

satire

"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, 20229 min read

humor

"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, 20226 min read

fiction

"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, 20225 min read

humor

"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 16, 20213 min read

humor

"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...