Mentos - not women's toes

Grilling a steak with mashed potatoes and some greens.

Missing?

Dandy - Macho

Oliver - Robert

Erm... I think you jumped ahead here...
It should look something like...

Orinoco - Oliver and then, the next person would write... Oliver - Robert.

Blue probably just liked the name "Robert". And who can blame her?

Tansy - Yentl

Gift Anna a giant toothbrush and floss for her friend

Patience - Guns N'Roses

ultraviol ent - er roneous

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Vegemiteontoast_large.jpg

Vegemite... I hear that it's an acquired taste.

Today I feel distracted because it's a really beautiful day outside and I'm stuck behind two computer monitors.

The living room television plays in the background as Sol inspects his son, Mikhail, one final time. He kneels down to polish his boots with the cuff of his sleeve till they shine. As he stands, he ensures the belt is secure and then moves around to the back. He attaches the cape and unfurls it. A shimmering golden cascade flows down almost to the ground. Sol turns Mikhail to face him...

Added 28 Oct 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 9 | Avg Score 5 | Views 140 | 8 Comments

It was around 10 p.m. when a lone car careened down the empty rural road, engine growling, disrupting the peace of a lonely night. Its headlights ploughed through the darkness ahead as it angrily chewed up the centre lines along the road, then spewed them out in the rear, back into the nothingness trailing in its wake. Reggie Morton sat in the driver’s seat of the Corolla, leaning forward,...

Added 21 Oct 2020 | Category Supernatural | Votes 11 | Avg Score 4.91 | Views 135 | 11 Comments

“I don’t care who you are or where you’ve been. Don’t tell me stories of your spiritual journeys or epiphanies. Screw your aspirations and achievements,” I fume as I scroll endlessly down my cellphone screen. “Just give me the recipe!”...

Added 14 Oct 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 11 | Avg Score 5 | Views 176 | 13 Comments

“Detective Boyle? The forensics team is here. They’re outside examining the scene now. Coroner is on their way.” The detective stood looking aside in the living room and nodded. “God, I hate days like this,” the officer sighed, then headed to the front door. Boyle remained unmoved, expressionless. She had long forgotten how that young officer felt. Today was just another day; the...

Added 13 Oct 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 8 | Avg Score 5 | Views 414 | 8 Comments

“Zombies are real. Zombies are real,” Felix mumbled to himself as he stumbled through the chaos surrounding him in the neighbourhood. There were dead bodies lying everywhere, scattered across the lawns and driveways of the homes along the street. There were also bodies walking around, though they were just as dead as the ones on the ground. They just happened to have their brains still...

Added 07 Oct 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 7 | Avg Score 5 | Views 196 | 7 Comments

The President extended her hand. "On Earth, this is a symbol of friendship." Standing by the open panel door just inside their spacecraft, the contingency of aliens examined her hand curiously for a moment. Hesitantly, the one in front mimicked the gesture taking her hand. When the President shook its hand, there was great applause amongst all the world's leaders and people of...

Added 08 Aug 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 13 | Avg Score 5 | Views 421 | 13 Comments

One bright and beautiful summer's day, The Jingles family --Mom, Dad and their two kids-- decided to go on a picnic and play at the park. They packed a big basket filled with submarine sandwiches, fresh fruit and their favourite delicious cookies as a special treat. They packed everything up in their car. Dad said, “Ho! Ho!” Mom said, “Hee! Hee!” The kids said, “Ha! Ha!” ...

Added 31 Jul 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 4 | Avg Score 5 | Views 272 | 4 Comments

‘What a view.’ Felix never imagined that thought would ever cross his mind while looking down from a Ferris Wheel, probably because he had always kept his eyes shut. Earlier, the yin and yang of excitement and trepidation had pulled at him when he and his dad arrived at the summer carnival. Like any boy, he loved the atmosphere, essentially a kid’s version of Nirvana: the lights, the...

Added 22 Jul 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 16 | Avg Score 4.88 | Views 481 | 17 Comments

Billy sat on the front step of his house with Flip, his cat, minding his own business when Elmira Kane ran up to him. She pointed her finger, still sticky from sucking taffy. “I know your secret, Billy Collins!” she declared. Billy gulped. Her chunky grin exposing the blackness between her missing teeth, she announced, “You're in love with the teacher!” His ears burned red beneath...

Added 07 Jul 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 8 | Avg Score 5 | Views 277 | 7 Comments

Weinland Research Institute; Level 4, Lab Center 6 “‘Specimen Delta-Alpha 8102.60.9’, ” Magnusson read aloud from the container label. He drew a sample from it and applied it to a glass disc. “Specimen Delta-Alpha...” Samuels repeated, pausing to yawn, “...  8102.60.9.” He took the glass and placed it under the microscope. A sigh wheezed from his lungs before he blinked through...

Added 23 Apr 2019 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 5 | Avg Score 5 | Views 755 | 4 Comments