Éan Bird

Joined January 2022

0 stories

Bio

Reluctant Writer. Teacher.

Hawking vocal contests for love letters.

Achievements (1)

Runner-Up in After the Parade Challenge

Stories (53/0)

The Magic School Bus Reprise
I want off. It goes too fast. It never stops, and I didn’t buy no ticket. Last I recall, I was told to leave my classroom. Was promised I’d return, so I followed the directions. I put a bin of files and folders into the back of a yellow bus. This was a Friday in March. March 13th to be exact. I’m certain, because every day since then I’ve been asking, “What the fuck happened?”
By Éan Bird6 months ago in Education
Runner-Up in After the Parade Challenge
Coming Home. Again.Runner-Up in After the Parade Challenge
After the parade phones blow up 'where are you now?' and 'were you close?' . After the parade social media erupts fingers pointed in
By Éan Bird7 months ago in Poets
Joke: What Makes Dry Erase Boards Special?
I've no idea what Michael is like as a father. I only know Michael as my students do. I only know him as Coach. Coach is a short, squat man with monk-pattern baldness and a few thinning strands combed across the top of his head. In the morning, as bleary eyed teenagers saunter through the hallway, Coach stands in front of his classroom door. Every morning.
By Éan Bird7 months ago in Education
Frozen Pops of Summer
Uncle Tom, three-doors down, had an above-ground swimming pool. From white, alloy guardrails hung a weathered sign with the decree:
By Éan Bird8 months ago in Feast
How to Pimp a Dragon-
There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. According to legend, they used to burrow in the mountains, but migrated here to escape The Machine. Now, they enslave us humans.
By Éan Bird8 months ago in Fiction