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Monthly Archives: October 2013
All Hallow’s Eve
Above on a ridge, casting a shadow as the sun went down, like long broken eaves over the town, stood a large, it was supposed, maple tree. Its bark was deeply creviced with high, flaky walls to its furrows … Continue reading
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Chalked: Part 8
The entrance to the crime scene, the weathered and worn cement steps leading down to the subway at Lexington Station, smelling of warm blacktop and a hint of urine, and having signs of stale gum and being spat upon, was … Continue reading
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Slanted Definitions 2
Dated – A condition where purplish fruit grows out from under your skin, commonly misdiagnosed as Figured. Gruesome – Taller Payment – A form of mortar used to fix houses that have become money pits. Pillow – Suppository Optical – The … Continue reading
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Moo-shka
The file on the great Chicago fire of 1871 was declassified, to startled foreign relations. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, who had started the fire, was KGB. An affidavit from Mrs. O’Leary claimed that she could never produce a good American … Continue reading
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Chalked: Part 7
Johnny hadn’t moved a muscle in either leg. “I … I can do that,” he said, still ogling at the chief’s crime board as he studiously traced the white outline in the photo with the tip of his finger. “Do what?” “The chalk,” Johnny answered. … Continue reading
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Absent
The witches who had survived the Salem trials felt like celebrating, but it was quite evident that Bob the wizard had been out of the country during the whole ordeal when he suggested for the celebration a picnic barbecue. … Continue reading
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Slanted Definitions
Peruse – For each joke Migraine – A series of crops such as wheat, quinoa, and Barley, found growing on one’s own land Filibuster – A very long and muddy racetrack for horses Paradox – Two piers to tie boats … Continue reading
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