Friday, May 14, 2010

(Recommended Reads) "Routine Run" by J. Dane Tyler

His feet hit flat and the weight of the tank on his back pushed him forward, almost knocked him face-first into the ground. He fell into a run and kept his balance. His footfalls thudded in time to his heartbeat. The hazmat's crinkly sounds and his panting breath formed an almost musical din he used to pace himself...

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(Recommended Reads) "Hairpiece" by Maria Protopapadaki-Smith

Brandon T Davidson Jr walked out of the Dale & Biedermann offices with a spring in his step. The merger negotiations between WestChem and PharmRX were going remarkably well - the deal was likely to be made within days and his bonus would be astronomical. This was not, however, the main cause of his good mood: that would soon be attached to his head and indistinguishable from his own hair...

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(Recommended Reads) "Minstrel" by Marisa Birns

It was always at the corner of the west side of the street where she went to sing. Every Monday morning at 7 a.m., while I sat drinking the first of many coffees of the day, I would see her. She would shuffle in her backless slippers to the entrance of the train station. She never looked at anyone, just walked with her head down as she moved to the left foot, right foot, do it all again beat until she reached the stool the news vendor had placed under the awning for her use. A guitar accompanied her musical notes of protest. They were Vietnam-era songs that baffled some of the commuters rushing to get to work...

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5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty Two

A wizard scattered the king's army through time, many were stranded in small groups but was only one Knight in Bangkok.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty One

He had heard about that new gel that heightened female arousal and simply assumed there was jewelry at the bottom of the container.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Thrity

Trixie's Treats served the finest pies in all of Texas. Her secret? She always remembered the Ala Mode.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Nine

Everyone said he died doing what he loved. Nobody said he had been crushed trying to steal a Japanese used panty vending machine.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Eight

Abner Deggent bragged he had snapped the necks of at least one major species on each continent- sometimes even in self defense.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Seven

Everyone realized that cyborg superhero Rusty Johnson was in love when the saw him spot welding Erato's name on his own arm.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Six

It was in the early years of the 21st century that the epic story of Man vs Nature began to resemble torture porn.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Five

There was raw sewage in the copier room, an intern was on fire and the boss was off his meds. It was going to be a long Friday.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Four

When the Wolf Man found out his wife was having an affair with one of the Cat People the fur flew.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Three

Captain Hero had to admit that his encounter with the villain known as 'the Stain' had left quite an impression.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Two

Once network execs realized the living dead watched television a 24 hour Jay Leno channel was the inevitable consequence.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty One

When Karl asked her if she liked crabs she just assumed he was going to take her out to a nice seafood restaurant.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty

The Legion of Protectors were the first super hero team to recognize the awesome power of marketing.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Nineteen

The gunshot was deflected by the bag of macadamias in his pocket leaving Abner Deggent glad the bullet only grazed his nut sack.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighteen

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows everywhere- this was the last time the team let Amazing Ed decorate their secret base.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventeen

The DM in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a Balrog blitz.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixteen

She was a magical princess, animals followed her and doted on her; her family learned to love the taste of venison and rabbit.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifteen

"If there is one thing I've learned it's that while marriage may be a lot of work it still isn't as much work as hiding a body."

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Fourteen

Dagorax was a mad god gnawing mindlessly at the very fabric of the universe and it never, ever flossed

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Thirteen

The Maven didn't like views of the villain called the Creationist but she had to admit his crimes were intelligently designed.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Twelve

Zeth knew it was springtime in the city of Olathoe when revolutionaries began to sprout up everywhere, like dandelions in bad hats.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Eleven

On his birthday Dave parachuted into Sturgis in a BIKERS ARE PUSSIES t-shirt. For those last few minutes he never felt so alive.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Ten

It was then that Reverend Brooks realized that being a right-wing anti-gay activist was a fantastic way to pick up guys.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

MIGHTYGODKING shows us TOTAL RECALL THE MUSICAL

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Nine

He always knew he would see her again, he just expected something more romantic than a paternity suit would bring them together.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Eight

The weirdest thing about the indie rock band 'The Fifty Fingers' is that it has seven members.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Eight

The weirdest thing about the indie rock band 'The Fifty Fingers' is that it has seven members.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Seven

In the 21st Century the newest death-defying extreme sport became making fun of major religions via cartoons.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Six

There were a dozen deaths and a fire that claimed half the jungle but by God Abner Deggent got his lucky tie clip back.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Five

It was a question every super hero on patrol faced- do they relieve themselves in an alley or used a risk using a public restroom?

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Four

The shouting contest was on a Tuesday but he showed up on Wednesday. A day late and a holler short.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Three

A lot of people didn't like the idea of Lucy living with her parents but the family mausoleum was roomy and she saved money on rent.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and Two

Karl jumped at the chance to spend the night with a pair of sexy twins; he never thought to ask if they might be conjoined.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred and One

'Nietzsche' All Natural Male Enhancement drug, because that what does not kill us makes us longer...

Hey kids! There's an Al Bruno III Facebook fan page now!

(Recommended Reads) "Crazy For Loving You" by Karen Schindler

When the red mist cleared I started to regret zip tying you to the light pole out in front of the house. Especially once the cops found you there, naked, on your knees, back to the pole, hands and ankles bound behind you, sporting those six fresh stitches in your dick that you tried to explain away as just a foolish night out with the boys on a business trip, you know how it is....

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(Recommended Reads) "Continental Drift" by Anthony Venutolo

Harold C. Gregorian never invited recognition to rear its ugly head.

By trade he was a pencil pusher and worked the doldrums of the middle management ladder all the way up to Vice president of development for Hughes Research Laboratories in California. The event at The Continental was supposed to be special because his firm was celebrating their crowning achievment, the first working laser...

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(Recommended Reads) It's Just A Dream by ecelliam

an image blended itself into my dream.....
my dream was about a wide...a beautiful moving stream..
the image of angels.. of white angels re-living the turmoils...
In the dark-black soil of the ones that fail.....

the image appears in my mind when I'm awake as well...
when i think of you.. ..
the words that you have said to me in .. ..as arbitrarily.. as is my soul.
erased the beauty .. that I saw..

made as dark as the water..became .. .
after you waded in side of meaning...for us to see..
fanciful..is . quixotic..unreal what you say to me.

the meaning of what your words can be..
what your words mean .. .. a realization..a chimerical..
is the meaning that I see


in my dream..
I was a cocoon..a white cocoon..
I could not move..just going down the stream..
the meaning of what you said..
are as shrapnel embedded in my..thinking..

know that I would rather give up...
what you mean to me...
the love that I have for you...
all the good things that you are..
have been. I will give up..

Rather then believe what you are saying..
the line that you tow..
the understandings that you have are not for me...
not even for you... you just don't know....

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW........

________________

Images from the American remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN begin to appear...

and I say to myself- My God... are they going to get this right? I have a lot of faith in young Chloe Moretz...

I think I will let myself dare to hope... and pray to Hastur the story doesn't get THE WICKER MAN treatment...

The full article and images are from BRUTAL AS HELL- another one of my favorite blogs

(Recommended Reads) "Across the Ocean" by Lily Mulholland

Love waits for me across the ocean, abandoned more than once. Once I promised her there would be no more voyages, I would turn my hands to farming instead. Instead I sailed away from her. Her fidelity undiminished despite this broken pledge, she waits for me, a beacon to guide me back to land. Land is now but a memory, adrift I have been on these seas, a compass without a map, a star without a night's sky for weeks, nay, months...

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Monday, May 10, 2010

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Three Hundred

Want to use the urinal while wearing Apple's new iPants? There's a flap for that- just don't try to flash.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety Nine

Once the company found a doctor that prescribed medical marijuana for a case of the Mondays no one was ever late for work again.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety Eight

Fuego worked as a substitute teacher and kept order in the classroom with quiet authority and the occasional sleeper hold.

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety Seven

She pulled aside the cushions of her new couch to find a mummified body. She whispered, "That's the last time I use Craigslist."

5 Second Fiction One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety Six

In his dreams Karl made love to a woman who was soft and warm in his arms; when he awoke his pillow was unspeakably squishy.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

New amended posting schedule.

The new posting schedule is;

Sundays- PRICE BREAKS AND HEARTACHES

Tuesdays- IN THE SHADOW OF HIS NEMESIS

Friday- FRIDAY FLASH

(Recommended Reads) "Acorn" by Louise Dragon

The acorn-like rock first appeared on Mother's Day; Tina vaguely remembers this, although not sure about the significance ...


Tina Marshall drives the same route every day. Back roads so that she can speed and not have to worry about patrolling state police cars. Thirty miles to work her job as a pediatric med tech at Haden General Hospital every day and then thirty miles back home; the same route, day in and day out. The familiar scenery passes her by each day like a well-known movie set...

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HORRORSQUAD's fascinating review for THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE

French writer Georges Bataille said that "men are swayed by two simultaneous emotions: they are driven away by terror and drawn by an awed fascination. Taboo and transgression reflect these two contradictory urges. The taboo would forbid the transgression but the fascination compels it." That about sums it up for most people who have sought out The Human Centipede (First Sequence) -- and really, horror cinema in general...

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Second Sunday Of May

my first memory
my first tragedy

we knew laughter
and rage

lost photographs
and treasured memories

you could have been stronger
I could have been kinder

we'll love each other forever
but we never knew each other