Fluffy or Shiny? 💎 Toula’s job was simple: Kill everything on the alien moon. As tasks went, it was so straightforward even she could wrap her mind around it. She knew she wasn’t that bright, and that self-awareness was a rare attribute among stupid people. Toula had a one-track mind, Read more
The Veil Elliot Tuckerberg grew up admiring the promises and imagining the possibilities of Magic Leap. He knew from his uncle that the headset would be something expensive, so he saved up for three years so he could afford it. He didn’t get a bike, got lunch from home, didn’t Read more
Closely Guarded Secret 🔑 The mayor sighed. “I believe we’ve gone through the official unfinished business.” He slapped the tenth pile of papers on his desk and slid it across to the other man. The mayor-to-be took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. “Yes, we’ve been hours at it.” “Nobody Read more
Berenice’s Hair. 💇 Since she was little, Berenice had one goal in mind: To be become like one of the models she saw on the AR billboards. It was what she desired. She kept letting her hair long, despite her mother’s protests of wanting to keep them manageable. It was her Read more
Hewwo 🗡️ Cooky smiled at the hitmen that had come tonight to kill her. There were two of them, and they were properly armed. All she had was her trusty dagger. Not that she needed anything more. “Hewwo-oWo!” she cooed as she charged the one on the right. Only idiots waited, Read more
Come and Get It. 🗡️ Robo Muffin walked out of the field covered head to toe in pink blood. Only a tiny bit was hers, just some spittle from a kick she took to the face. The rest was from the opposing team, the losing team. She got back to Read more
Have you tried turning her off and on again? 🍆 “Have you tried turning her off and on again?” the tech support lady drolled on the holocall. “Yes!” Jack said, exasperated. “That’s what you tell me to do every single time. I have. She’s smoking from her back, it’s not a Read more
Sweet, Hot Taffy. 🏃 “No, don’t run away!” Irina pleaded as the man fled. He shat himself as he ran. Irina stopped on the sidewalk, arm raised in a non-threatening gesture of ‘Wait!’ She couldn’t understand what was really happening. All she wanted was to find the ‘Be-Positive.’ That was nice, Read more
Mecha Race Chicken 🐔 Cluck, cluck, cluck. “The chicken race is serious business,” the man said, slapping the Mecha-Chicken’s behind. Cluck, cluck. “Now,” he continued, “hop on that chicken and ride like the wind, jockey!” Then he left, onwards to repeat the same pep-talk to his other riders. Kotopouli hesitantly put Read more
This comic from Greekmythcomix explains it nicely: Basically, just like in modern movies, the poets needed to build up tension, telegraph to the audience that something big was about to go down. So, they described the gearing up moment, and because nothing really makes sense from that era, they decided Read more
