The author

He reached for his phone to check the time. 6 minutes later, he realised he was on Instagram. He put away his phone. After a brief pause, he reached for his phone to check the time. It was 9:03 PM. Ashton had a pen to his temple. He stared agonisingly at a draft of his […]

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Murder: The etymology

A group of crows is called a murder. Why? I assume the word murder was already taken for “the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another” So the dude (or dudette… word creators can be women too, sexist reader. #HighRoaded) who saw a group of crows either had never heard of killing people […]

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Bob’s a really nice person

once you get to know him! But he has been going out of his way to not let anyone know him for the last 56 years. He has had moments where it almost got away. A private detective in the 1980s came pretty close to knowing him during a murder investigation. Fortunately, Bob knew the […]

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Rules are meant to be broken

That makes NO sense…at all! And you know it. Of course, it makes sense! It means it is okay to break rules beca — But that’s not what you said though. You said they are meant to be broken. In the sense that they are designed with the objective of them being broken. No rule-setter […]

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Historic value

Hi, I’m here to do my share of writing history. Excuse me? Yes, my friend was telling me how history is written by the winners, and I like to believe I am a winner. When can I get started? Sir, this is a library. Yes, the home of the books. I want to contribute to […]

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And they all fall down

Caleb walked through what felt like the 100th puddle. He had stopped avoiding them. If he was going to die of leptospirosis, so be it. He had lived a street rat’s life, he shall die a street rat’s death. He drudged through puddle after puddle; let his tears be covered by the rain. The moment […]

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Petals

Roses are red. Viole — Actually, roses can be yellow or white, and I would like it if you did not stereotype roses this way. Can we have one conversation where you do not make it about race? Just this once? Fine, go on. I don’t approve of the premise, but let’s see what you […]

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Talk to the hand

…and the thing I hate the most about you is how you are so disrespectful towards superheroes. Superman died for your s — — Know what? Talk to the hand ✋ Okay. Hi hand, your owner is being weird about this, but I do not appreciate her being disrespectful towards superhero — — My hand cannot […]

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Roses are red, violets are blue

You are amazing for reading, rhymes are difficult…ue. Want to know something amazing? Nothing rhymes with orange. That’s strange. Wait, strange rhymes with orange. Are you trying to pull one on me? No, wait. my teacher said nothing rhymes with orange. I guess the definition of rhyme is both same number of syllables and all […]

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All words are made-up

Living room in the afternoon. Jessica sits in her chair, reading her book. Andy storms in from stage right. ANDY: I’m sick and tired of you underestimating me. It stops tonight! (Jessica looks up from her book, sighs, and returns to her book) ANDY: Did you hear me? No more underestimating me! JESSICA: What are […]

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