Fast Fiction

These are my quick stories. Typically only a single draft less than 1000 words. They are based on a short prompt.

‘The Lost Apprentice’
The Forest Ocean

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Thoughts

If fast food places charge extra to add more stuff to an item, why don’t they give you a discount when you take regular things off?

bidirectional tomatoes

Having a moral opinion does not equal having a political opinion.

neutrality

It is easy to write a book, but it is hard to write a story.

someone smarter than me

English needs diacritics.

ĭng′glĭsh

Seems to me the animated movie Robots (2005) is a kid-friendly Soylent Green. A corporation run by an evil bot creates an indigent class of “outmodes” which are swept away and melt them down for others to consume i.e. “upgrade”

upgrades are robots

Jesse from #ToyStory has PTSD from being abandoned. Stinky Pete is a sociopath because he’s been in solitary confinement.

I won't go back in the box

Do the Laundry

If you deal your cards from love then your hand will be full of kindness.

Negativity is poison; alcohol is poison. Too much of either will kill you.

deadly

You only get to be a kid once, you have to be an adult forever.

If you don’t make time for your children now, don’t expect them to make time for you later.

Patience is taught by being patient.

Summer camp for kids is basically outsourced parenting. I think that parents should be the ones to train their children. Not camp counselors. Not grandparents. Parents should parent. If you have children, but chose to let others parent them what exactly does that make you?

Failed Parents ?

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