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I write words, I sometimes get to perform them out, sometimes I'm even paid. And I'm trying to get it right, get it right.
with enough repetition, your flaws become your style
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dec 9 in idea barrages
Gravy-making ironically starts with a fond farewell. As with most children’s songs, “Where Is Thumbkin” would be really creepy sung in a slow minor key and horror movies trailers have be...
obvious exegesis in life stuff and misc.
The idea of God being created by powerful men as an example of how we were supposed to treat those powerful men, to their benefit, modeling us how we were supposed to treat our “Betters” in the ...
dec 7 in idea barrages
A magicians’ retirement community in Voilavoila, Washington. Why call it “your ex’s perfume” when you can call it “old bae seasoning”? If you solely drink Labatts and Molson, you don...
prompt: letter, title: the secret chord in misc. flash fiction
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a lot of things which is fine. Leonard was a poet long before he sang, Cohen appreciated the value of ambiguity. When people leave wanting more, constructing thei...
dec 5 in idea barrages
Next year, you could fill a box with a spooky treat for each day of October and call it a Vladvent Calendar. It’s weird being so old you can remember when Saturday Night Live was funny. ...
dec 3 in idea barrages
Some point in their life, every writer has to ask themselves “am I not finishing this because I’m a perfectionist, am I not finishing this because I’m lazy or am I not finishing this because...
dec 1 in idea barrages
If Taco Bell workers weren’t so horribly underpaid, I would order a quesadilla and when I got it, I would be like “one? just one? I ordered an entire CASE of dillas!” but, like, they suffer ...
nov 29 in idea barrages
Upton Funk, diseased meat packing (woo) / Upton Funk, diseased meat packing (woo) Why say “sleep paralysis demon” when you can say “gets me stiff at night demon”? A Christmas parody ...
nov 27 in idea barrages
Snow, I don’t mind, as long as I don’t have to shovel it. Just don’t start playing “Christmas Wrapping” by the Waitresses, the only Christmas music more grating than Mariah Carey or Michael ...
nov 25 in idea barrages
It’s so weird how our culture made “career politician” a bad thing. Well-intentioned rookies don’t know how to get anything done. People who’ve made it a career understand the levers of powe...
nov 23 in idea barrages
Why call it a “butt crack” when you can call it “the bottom line”? Go from strip club to strip club, Trick or Teating tomorrow. A successful bank heist requires a good safe word. ...
prompt: pop, title: for external use only in misc. flash fiction
Having a national symbol is a wonderful thing, in concept. Something inspiring and unifying to rally around. In practice, it usually comes up short as any country is too varied and fractious for...
nov 21 in idea barrages
Why say you’re “compulsively drinking vodka gimlets” when you can say you “have lime disease”? Finishing up the illustration of a comic book, that’s just drawing conclusions. A Hallo...
nov 19 in idea barrages
That Cookie Monster, what a crumb dumpster. I’m always fascinated by the things we pretend in civilization to try & feign we’re better than we are. There are oven cooking directions ...
nov 17 in idea barrages
If a movement’s really about helping people, it has to also have empathy for how the American economic system makes it so very hard to have time/money for activism. If you’re so strident on ...
nov 15 in idea barrages
It’s easy to do parodies of classic rock songs if they have an -ipple word in the word, just change that to “nipple” and it writes itself. I can only think of The Band’s “Up on Cripple Creek...
prompt: aid, title: terms and conditions may apply in misc. flash fiction
(sometimes, I write the same idea twice in two forms, in parallel, to see how they manifest differently) Have you ever noticed how the names of skin conditions if they weren’t actually diseases...
nov 13 in idea barrages
Creativity doesn’t comes from mental instability. Co-related but no causation. A package deal but madness is not a muse, it’s just along for the ride. Art shine brightest when the monster in...
nov 11 in idea barrages
If you think about it, whenever you had your first Shirley Temple was probably also when you busted your Maraschino cherry. A rapping lich called “Soul Jar Boy”. If you drink too man...
to the tune of ELEANOR RIGBY in song parodies
Ah, look at that one tiny person! Ah, look at that one tiny person! Danny Devito Offers an egg in support, during these trying times It isn’t a crime Helming “Matilda” Narrating, playing th...
In a world where student loans exist, how could we possibly be afraid of ghosts? We are all daily harassed by strangers from the other side of the world because of a decision we made at 17, ...
conditional love in poetry
Have you ever noticed how if the names of many skin conditions weren’t the names of skin conditions they’d be exotically beautiful names for woman performers? Like pop stars or strippers? ...
nov 7 in idea barrages
Ewan McGregor is cast in a Tarzan bio-pic and meets Tarzan himself as part of his research. “Mr. McGregor, me Tarzan.” “Please. Just Ewan.” “Just Ewan, me Tarzan.” “Just me and you what?”...
prompt: board, title: look away in "the next big thing" flash fiction
American culture has two obsessions that always bite us in the ass, personally and collectively: answers and endings, a&e. There’s a cable station named that. Even though the name was “arts ...
nov 5 in idea barrages
Pretend that you believe a character in D&D that uses both martial prowess and magical skill a “Gish” out of respect to the versatility of the great silent film star Lillian Gish. A ...
