Microfiction
When Guyitis Strikes
Melanie glared at Tod from the passenger seat as he weaved left then punched the gas attempting to pass a slower moving vehicle. Though she very much wanted to scream, instead she grit her teeth, and managed to keep her voice calm as she spoke "Tod, we have to get off at the next exit, why are you passing this idiot now? You are not going to make it around him before the turn off and we are going to miss it. Don't add twenty minutes to our drive just because you got a bad case of guyitis on the highway." She paused briefly for effect, expecting some sort of verbal retort from Tod. Instead he remained silent, and pressed the pedal all the way to the floor. The force of the acceleration pushed Melanie back in her seat, and reflexively she grabbed tight onto the door handle. Irritation was obvious in her voice as she continued. "Why do guys always have to pull this shit when driving? They just cannot stand to be behind a slower driver. Thirty seconds and we would have been to our exit. But no, you had to pass some fool at the last minute because why? Because guyitis that's why." As she spoke Tod had managed to make the rapidly approaching exit, with only a few feet of clearance to spare. He smiled and laughed in relief then said quietly "There is no such thing as guyitis, and we made it didn't we?"
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Fiction
Ashley-izm
Ashleyizm - the art of being extremely lazy after hanging around my best friend Ashley. So me and my best friend Ashley are Yin and Yang. I’m extremely active and she is extremely lazy. Because we hang together so much our way’s often rub off on one another. In her case she catches “Joe-ism”, which comes from her being around me too much, but never in a million years did I think I’d catch her Ashleyizm.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Fiction
Shaftized
Shaftized - A euphoric infatuation with the genre of Blaxploitation in film that develops after watching the film Shaft. I was Shaftized as a baby so I really don’t remember how it felt at first, but I do know how it has felt ever since. The story of the 1971 movie Shaft is centered around an African American private detective named John Shaft, portrayed by Richard Roundtree, who was hired by a New York gangster to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the Italian mafia. Along the way Shaft battles the relations of racial and social issues that plague the Black community.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Fiction
That One
"Why that one?" asked the Memory Master looking up from the birdbath-like basin. William Gains noted his sexless nudity, a shining light of radiance like a burning star. This new form was pain free, weightless, and the shape ever changing according to his feelings. The clouds at his feet felt like freshly moved dirt; soft and fluffy. He could feel no heartbeat nor felt the need to take a single breath. He was given temporary access to all his mortal life's memories, an access which would soon become finite.
By Earl Carrière3 years ago in Fiction
