Satire

Godfried & Michael
Godfried & Michael… in the beginning, maybe? 🤪 In the “before time” … well, in the very before, before time… meaning before time as a concept even existed, there was…
By Jeffrey Kippel4 years ago in Fiction
Love is a Fire that Burns Unseen.
The first time Sheila set fire to one of Howie’s buildings, was seven years ago. “Burn!” she had sobbed through snot and tears. “Burn!” She wanted to destroy him for leaving her for that bleach-haired, botoxed floozy of a secretary of his. What a cliché he had turned out to be.
By Judy Walker 4 years ago in Fiction
The Party Never Stops
“You're not laughing…” he says expectantly, like I’ll suddenly reconsider and explode in a fit of giggles. “That's because it's not funny.”
By Francis Curt O'Neill4 years ago in Fiction
Carbonofilia
Carbonophilia It was dawn of XXI century and while CNN was focused on NASA's successful landing on Mars and scientists were putting together the information they have received from the rovers, conspiracy maniacs were looking for the signs of life and ancient alien civilization and seeing them in every abstract looking stone. After carefully examining each case with some software and iron logics, they found scull, bone, lake, forest and metal objects, and even a petrified lizard on Mars! Anyway, the fact was that flow of the information that the world craved came like a shiny river, feeding fantasies and confirming realities about human's knowledge of a mysterious yet already accessible planet.
By David Kiziria4 years ago in Fiction
Mosquitoes on the Attack
Mosquitoes possess a unique telecommunication system. I am not sure if they use cell phones, Morse code, mental telepathy, or an unknown, more advanced technology. What I do know is that their communication method is secretive, fast, accurate, and totally focused on tracking my daily movement.
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Fiction
The Grind
Ralph was led into a dirty concrete room with a single folding chair in a corner, one small window allowing some sunbeams to illuminate the dust in the air, and a large wooden box attached to the wall with a long hand crank on its side.
By Theresa Markila4 years ago in Fiction
The Bleeding Daylight
Chapter 2: Maybe this year After that spectacle at school, the walk home helped Bia burn the pent-up energy from earlier. She loved strolling through the neighborhoods between Lillydale Collegiate and East York, where she lived. The streets were alive, peppered with culture and history, little shops that brought a happy mix to their corners.
By C.C. Villa4 years ago in Fiction
Calling Moscow - 4
The following conversation took place on November 10, after a federal judge rejected executive privilege for Trump’s White House documents in relation to January 6 riots.
By Lana V Lynx4 years ago in Fiction
Brutus' Misconceived Fall From Grace
Throughout Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, series of various circumstances are often misinterpreted for the worse and illustrate the blatant ineptitude of characters, resulting in the eventual downfall of many cast members across the board. Senator Cicero’s words on how “men may construe things after their fashion, clean from the purpose of the things themselves” speaks volumes on this matter, accurately describing how people often misconstrue and take great advantage of these opportunities with their benefit in mind and without the proper wherewithal to think beyond face value (1.3.33-36). The sheer inability of characters to grasp the bigger picture is what leads to their demise, highlighting how ill fit the ruling class is to properly officiate Rome. This especially holds true when analyzing the events involving Brutus being manipulated by the instance of Caesar falling in public’s eye as a sign for Rome beginning to crumble under his tyrannical rule, the forged letters to engage in the collective murder plot, and the obsequious cheering of plebeians.
By Josh Cook4 years ago in Fiction
Residents of St. Paul, Minnesota Unhappy to Learn They Used as Consolation for friend Complaining About Trip to Omaha, Nebraska
The close to 300,000 residents of St. Paul, Minnesota were shocked and saddened to learn they were recently used as an example to console a friend complaining about an upcoming trip to Omaha, Nebraska. The conversation between longtime friends was focused on an entirely unrelated topic when small talk about recent travel unexpectedly changed to a serious discussion of upcoming business trips. “I have to go to Omaha for a week in May” said one in a tone of sadness and regret. The other responded by noting “That sucks but I have to go to St. Paul next week for a conference.”
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in Fiction
Gaming is my Super Power
Alex Roth had a normal office job, crunching numbering for a tech company. On his off days, he would never leave his apartment because he was too busy gaming. He spent so much time online that he once played straight through the weekend and almost missed work the following Monday.
By Nicholas McKenna4 years ago in Fiction
The real story behind BMW's Ultimate Driving Machine slogan
As a newbie copywriter, I am always being told to keep it simple (stupid). Clarity is the best policy. We don’t want funny, or obtuse, or abstract. So I go all Ronseal* and refrain from tapping into my (questionable) creative talent and stick to simplicity and clarity.
By Gary De Cloedt4 years ago in Fiction