Cindy yawned and stretched as she started her day. It was time to walk her pet octopus. She pulled Ollie out of his...
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Mallard Duck · BP · Heroism on a Ducky Scale
The oil had come months ago now. They had thought it would disappear. It had always done so before. But it had remai...
"Mallard duck," she said, just before she placed the binoculars back down on the car hood. "No doubt about it." This...
"Quack quack quack!" *Translation: OH NO! BP! "Quack quack quack quack." *Translation: I'll have to move to anothe...
There's no way that's possible! But this horse-like creature, it clearly looks like what could be described as a uni...
One summer, I went to the Zoo with my family. Me, my husband and daughter all decided to go out of town for a week fo...
"Of course, no one can make a unicorn," Pareth said, in that tone of voice he used when lecturing his students, "but ...
Lola.
Prompt: Lola “Who’s for another?” it came out as one word. Jack knew it and hid the knowledge with busy bustle. He...
The moment she walked into the room, I knew I was in for a wild time. Dressed to the nines, head to toe in the most w...
Lola, she was a dancer... something about flowers in her hair or was it her underwear? He couldn't actually remember ...
Fancy dress at Tom's party was optional, but all the children wore something wacky. First prize was for the circus ri...
Dear Mom, Do you remember this picture? I do. I remember a lot about those days, when we were a family. Yesterday, I ...
"What the hell kind of superhero costume is that?!" My dad was yelling so loud I could hear him from my room. When th...
I tapped the pencil on the desk, each tap with a rhythmic beat. I was creating a song in my head. A voice snapped out...
Mannequin legs hanging from the wall. Nailed by the heels, they create the effect of being suspended in space. I do...
Whose shoes are these? I think I know The feet are disembodied, though I think that she will be displeased To see her...
On the journey back from the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes began writing his memoirs. The book was sent to a tru...
The library was dark, lights shutting off behind me but I continued to thumb through the book. They had lamps on the ...
The Loch Ness Monster was on vacation. As was the case with most celebrities, Nessie wanted her privacy. This wasn't ...
There was a party in the upstairs of the building. On the roof. It was my building too. I had lived there for many ye...
She hadn't felt like this since she was six years old. Once, at a circus, she had begged her father for a balloon, sw...
The power of flight could be transferred. When Marisa first discovered this, she was thrilled. As far as she knew, o...