All Things To All People
Pieces of fiction.
Image via Wikipedia Homer and Diana walked into the local HMV. Both walked to the pop music section and started picking up various discs by their favorite artists. “What are you looking for, Diana?” “I’m not really sure… I’m thinking something by…
Image via Wikipedia “Hey, kids, we’re here!” The Ford Windstar® rolled into the parking lot of the Motorola® National Park. The nameless family piled out of the car and gathered their Coleman® camping gear, and waited while the patriarch paid the admissions…
“You know, Ethel, I’m thinking of converting.” “Really, Mabel? That’s a big step! What on Earth® for?” “Well, I’m becoming a bit dissatisfied lately.” “Don’t tell me you’re losing faith!”
Image via Wikipedia “Psst… kid.. you wanna make some quick money?” The brown-suited man propped up his Samsonite® briefcase on his knee and slowly opened it in front of the youth. Inside was seventy-five dollars™ in ones; enough to fill up the…
“So, this is the last one.” “Yep — so what’re you going to do?” “God, I don’t know. I don’t really have any good ideas.” “Do you have any?”
“OH MY GOD IS THAT LOADED??!?” “Of COURSE it is! Come with me.” “Mmmph — where are you taking me?” “You’ll find out soon enough.” “…” “…” “…” “…”
Oh, how are you doing today? I’m OK, can’t really complain. Seem to be having a minor myocardial infarction — nothing too big. My left arm has gone numb, but that’s OK. Nothing too awfully bad — I’m right handed anyway. Hey,…
The beautiful, shimmering woman introduced herself as Eros; we welcomed her — our town was always friendly, and there’s something about beauty that makes people a whole lot more amenable to new folks. She said something about it being her day off…
[REDACTED] – The citizens of [REDACTED] have disappeared. The disappearances began last [REDACTED], slowly at first, with a few of the more outlying and reclusive residents going missing at first. Soon, however, the disappearances seemed to focus around a certain family, the…
“Would you go check that out?” “Do I have to?” “Why wouldn’t you check it?” “I didn’t even hear anything, so I wouldn’t know what to check.” “You didn’t hear that?” “Nope.”