Tag: humor
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Odd Prompts: Beware the Pink
“How was it?” Having a seven-foot-tall octopoid hovering while you ate was a bit weird. Having him wringing a pair of tentacles while he watched you consume food he’d prepared was a whole other level of strange. Steven didn’t think he’d ever get used to this. He put his spoon down, and contemplated his bowl…
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With a Twist
I’m in this anthology! I had an absolute blast writing the story for it. Jim Curtis gave a lot of leeway to the authors – just take a trope that may be old and tired, then give it a hard twist. I opted to speculate about what could happen if the Chosen One of Prophecy…
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The Squeaks Caper
A few years ago, at the height of the nonsense, a friend was sad. Heck, the world was sad. Lawdog, like me, has a bit of the clown in him, so he was doing his part to entertain and amuse the world at large. I was doing art every day, and he’d been posting funny…
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Odd Prompts: Spy Chat
This is a snip from the longer piece I started with ‘It’s Never Espionage’ *** I stowed the gear, and as my wife had not yet rejoined me, stuck my head into the corridor. Branch and Amelie’s compartments were both closed, and there was no one in sight in our car. I debated, momentarily, waiting…
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The Ratel Saga
The Ratel Saga, story by Lawdog, and illustrated by yours truly, is available to purchase! The decision was made to make it available in ebook as a comic, as well as a coloring or activity book, because, well, it’s such fun! Almost 60 pages of meticulously labeled drawings of African wildlife accompany the very funny…
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Curiosity Food
You know the saying. Well, I say that it’s because of starvation. Obviously, the way to keep alive is to feed the impulse. So! Can I embed a funny story prompt? https://wuxiaphoenix.tumblr.com/post/672392916618166272/blueshelledbastard-whetstonefires-moonymango Or perhaps something that made me giggle out loud? https://wuxiaphoenix.tumblr.com/post/673026970492272640/elodieunderglass-wizardlyghost-silverjirachi
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Odd Prompts: Missing Lynx Snip
You’ll find the beginning here. The characters were introduced in The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack. *** After a long silence, I focused on her again. She’d been sitting apparently motionlessly while I thought. “How is it that you think I’m willing to commit common burglary?” I put my hands on the desk, quietly. They…
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DDE
I’d heard about Texas. So many stories. But there was one story that intrigued me, foodie that I am. The tale of the illicit dealings in tamales. I figured it would take a while, making some connections, getting to know the right people, before I, too, could make that covert exchange with an abuelita in…
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Out Now! Just in time for the Holidays…
Taskforce CHIWEENIE and the Poultry Liberation Front It’s an adult coloring book. Why adult? Well, the fans asked us not to edit out the salty language. This isn’t just a book with line-art illustrations you can add your own color to. It’s a story, loosely told through pithy After Action Reports, by the inimitable Lawdog.…
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Free Book
Cheep! Cheep! Ok, ok, it’s free… Cracked! A chicken anthology is a collection of chicken stories unlike anything you have read before. I have a story in it, which involves a swirling vortex of cluckers aboard a space station. It’s also an affectionate nod to my husband, the engineering technician. Go! Get your copy!…
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Humans, Heck Yeah!
Freefall gets it. Humans are resilient. We will get through this. We’ve gotten through worse.
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Books to Read
So in this time of enforced leisure, have you considered what you will be reading? I am, sadly, an essential worker and thus have no time. But a number of my friends who are also authors have been putting books on sale to help out the passage of time until the world rights itself…