Satire

Populus
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. The once lush and vibrant landscape had become a vast expanse of desert, whose deep fissures etched their way through fractal plates of clay like stretch marks. They seemed to strain upward over the monolithic city walls, to grasp desperately at what scant enduring moisture might still be suspended in the cloudless sky. Perhaps she was projecting. The world had grown tough, in recent years, not to view through a colourless lens. Surface runoff from the nearby mountains, which the Architect had once redirected to flow through the citadel, had been exhausted ages ago… And rainfall had become a rare phenomenon that the Elder now recounted with reverent longing. Groundwater, drawn from aquifers deep beneath the city, had since served as their primary water supply; The majority of which was reserved for maintaining crops and livestock.
By J3 years ago in Fiction
Of Three Faces
“Three-fold battle Goddess / Hear our plaintive rhyme /Guide us to your wisdom /In these dark and evil times…" "Guys, no, we shouldn't be doing it like this."
By Conor Darrall3 years ago in Fiction
Prenoctintoxicated
Noon Well, I guess a couple beers won't hurt. After all, the game's on in an hour, and the gang's all here, why not cop a buzz? No more than two, though. Got a whole twelve pack in the fridge, but I don't need to get carried away.
By C. Rommial Butler3 years ago in Fiction
Google Maps is rolling out AI-powered features for planning trips on iPhone . Content Warning.
Google Guides is adding numerous new man-made brainpower highlights for iOS clients to work on the most common way of arranging outings and see their courses before they show up.
By Md Hasan3 years ago in Fiction
Microfiction is My Favowrite Genre
Like just about everyone else these days my attention span is only a Plancks length long. In case you don't know, a Plancks length is the shortest measurable unit of distance, in other words, very short. Focusing on any one thing for more than 5-10 seconds really stresses me out, so, when I learned about the exciting and fun world of microfiction I knew this genre was the one for me. At last I had found a place where I could churn out hundreds of shitscicles for publication and/or read hundreds of other people's crapstorms in mere moments. Microfiction allows me to scratch my reading and writing itch without all the investment in hard work, thinking things through, and whatnot that comes along with reading and writing in all those other "boring" genres of yesteryear. I mean, who has time for long form fiction? Snoozefest. Even so called 'short' stories take so much freakin effort, and time I just don't have to spare. My job as an app developer for a major silicon valley corporation keeps me so busy I barely have time to stop for a massage in the office spa more three times a week, let alone to read or write a 3-10 page epic, that is probably about as exciting as whatever non exciting thing I would use as an analogy if I were not such a terrible writer with such a short attention span, which, it should be obvious by now that I am.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Fiction
CraboKarenSyndronimous
They are the people sadly labeled as "Karens" by the internet and social media community. Yet sadly, they are suffering from a recently recognized affliction that is spreading throughout the world. The World Health Organization documented an alarming number of these "Karens" as the world's communities change.
By Jason Morton3 years ago in Fiction
Thе Advеnturеs of Hucklеbеrry Finn
"Thе Advеnturеs of Hucklеbеrry Finn" is a novеl by Mark Twain, first publishеd in thе Unitеd Kingdom in Dеcеmbеr 1884 and in thе Unitеd Statеs in Fеbruary 1885. Commonly namеd among thе Grеat American Novеls, thе work is among thе first major American novеls writtеn еntirеly in vеrnacular English, charactеrizеd by local color rеgionalism.
By Libby Laraib3 years ago in Fiction
The Red Jape
The Jape owns a pawn shop in Florence. He has a head a little like a rutabaga; his skin is a cheesy, yellow color that seems to glow in the dark.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Fiction
Corpusboreding. Runner-Up in the Neolomicro Challenge.
Our job is akin to nits on a hot and hairy scalp, farming ideas like dandruff. It is not good for our health; we tend to cough a lot, you know, with all the dust.
By Caroline Jane3 years ago in Fiction
Scibbles
This was the day the war did not happen. The men, prepared for battle, knowing that they could die, slept with some difficulty, but they knew it was for a good cause.
By Kendall Defoe 3 years ago in Fiction
Furyflipping
Scrolling hundreds of social media posts to find one to get upset about. Furyflipping : a modern variation of furyscrolling; to flip out while scrolling.
By Scott Christenson🌴3 years ago in Fiction
Catch-22
''Catch-22" is a satirical novеl by Josеph Hеllеr, first published in 1961. Thе novеl is sеt during World War II and follows thе еxpеriеncеs of Captain John Yossarian, a US Army Air Forcе bombardiеr stationеd on thе island of Pianosa in thе Mеditеrranеan Sеa.
By Libby Laraib3 years ago in Fiction