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Moonshot at the Running of the Bulls

26 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments TheSarcasticWhale

Please note: This is a work of fiction. All characters are (mostly) imaginary and any relation to real life is (totally) a coincidence. This is not financial advice and is presented purely for entertainment purposes. As always, do your own research b...

Why I'm AFI on crypto

23 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments TheSarcasticWhale

Please note: This is a work of fiction. All characters are imaginary and any relation to real life is a coincidence. This is not financial advice and is presented purely for entertainment purposes. As always, do your own research because:Trading cryp...

A Wacky Story, Pt. 2

17 Oct 2022 4 minute read 0 comments jmalik6209

The cool morning breeze flowed around Jaquavion, the leader of the New Jersey geese flock. He was a fairly strong, black-spotted white goose with a lean silhouette and hazel eyes. Last summer things seemed perfect for a while up north, until bad weat...

A Wacky Story

17 Oct 2022 5 minute read 0 comments jmalik6209

It had been quite a relaxing summer for the New Jersey Geese flock. They had gotten plenty of food along the coast, the weather was beautiful, the sun shining and the wind blowing with a whoosh. Apparently, all the conditions were perfect. Until now....

The Metamodern Okies and Arkies

9 Jun 2022 2 minute read 0 comments NickytheClone

      The streets had gone dry. Droughts like this were worse than the Dust Bowl. And just like in the 30's, here we were two "Arkies" that would drive to hell and back for a little work.       Only we wouldn't work with it. We just played around wit...

The Foxes on My Street

3 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments NickytheClone

           Something that made it worthwhile were the foxes we would see in the streets. If we made it past the whores we saw on 3rd Street, unscathed we were basically home free. So we would celebrate with two or three bottles of the driest, most fa...

The Morphing Geist of Bondorff

4 Mar 2022 6 minute read 0 comments NickytheClone

       The snow flurries had just started coming down when Becker entered The Schlecter Tavern on the northwest side of Bondorff. Bondorff is a sleepy town deep in the southwest reaches of The Black Forest in southwest Germany. There were only two me...

Imagine This! (An Alternate History Drabble featuring a member of The Beatles)

9 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred

Yesterday. Yesterday, 41 years ago, on December 8th, a member of The Beatles died. Below is an alternate history drabble about him. On that warm New York City December, the man and woman told the limousine driver to stop outside their apartment which...

The Presley Brothers: An Alternate History Drabble

24 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred

Screams. Faints. Riots. These followed in the wake of every appearance by the Presley brothers. Not only were they extremely talented, they were also drop-dead gorgeous. Talent, looks, charisma and charm were a lethal combination in any individual....

1-800-HELP: An Afrofuturistic Drabble

22 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred

To Your Highness, the Empress of the United States of Africa: Dear Madam, I know you are a very busy woman so allow me to be brief. I am the chief representative of the First World Countries Alliance. I am following up on the matter of you opening yo...