Posts Tagged ‘ Prose ’

“Putting the ‘Living’ Back in Living Dead: A Warmhearted Zombie Memoir,” by Marianne Hess

Jan 20th, 2008 | By

As soon as that nice young man dug me up and stole my diamond rings, I knew something was wrong. It wasn’t just that I’d been placed in a narrow coffin and dropped into the murky abyss of the earth, or that all my blood had been pumped out and replaced with embalming fluid, or

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“Upcoming Titles in Sylvester Stallone Movie Franchises,” by John Frank Weaver

Jan 20th, 2008 | By

Tango: Cashed Out Sylvester Stallone stars in this sequel to the smash 1989 hit, Tango and Cash. Set almost twenty years after the original, Ray Tango (Stallone) and Gabe Cash (Kurt Russell) have risen as partners to the top of the L.A.P.D. However, a freak traffic accident crushes Cash’s mind, sending him on a violent

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“The President and the Pear,” by Eric Suhem

Jan 20th, 2008 | By

A pear sat adrift in the banks of snow, incongruous, out-of-place, but as the ice melted, the pear rolled along the ground, ending up in a pile of wastepaper at the foot of the White House. A janitorial engineer wondered whether it was eatable, decided ‘No’, and tossed it over his shoulder through a west

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“Seven minutes in heaven? Hardly.” by Gabrielle Sierra

Dec 20th, 2007 | By

“You have to do it Joanne. What are you a prude?” asked Corey H. Yes. “No.” So she stood defiantly, knees wobbling slightly, nine sets of eyes pasted to her. Grabbing Tim’s arm she yanked him up. “Oooooh” cooed the thirteen year olds. “I knew it” whispered Corey R. Lindsay Snow frowned deeply. Joanne cleared

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“The Day of the Tortoise,” by Ethan Bernard

Dec 20th, 2007 | By

The day my brother found a tortoise, we decided to start a zoo. One night, while kicking a soccer ball, my brother shrieked, A turtle! I ran out. A tortoise, I corrected him; turtles stay in the water. My brother, age a mere six years, was more ardent than wise. I, two years his senior,

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