There’s the grammar everyone should know and if they don’t, they need to take a seat back in the first grade.  Like ending that previous sentence with a period (full stop if you’re not American) instead of, say, a semi-colon.  That’s the “duh” grammar.  Then there’s the not-so-duh grammar that get people into heated debates [...]

I figured it was about time I posted my short story that placed in the Rosalie Fleming Memorial Humor Prize (of which I spelled it Felming on the envelope, nice to know it didn’t matter). Just to give you a frame of reference, I got the notice at the end of January and did [...]

Originally posted under Kate Boddie. According to one editor, this is Mad Magazine-y. Not sure if that’s a compliment or not but I’ll take what I can get.

Twas the night before dinner of the holiday kind;
My wife’s on amphetamines and I’m losing my mind.
My testicles were grabbed by her fist without care
For I [...]

Originally posted under Kate Boddie.
“Officer, please. Is it necessary to put your foot on his head?” My cousin, Pam. The man with the badge-wearing appendage on his face is Cal, her husband. “Really, he didn’t mean to throw the turkey at you.”
“Ma’am, I am fully aware of when someone uses a piece of poultry as [...]

Originally posted under Kate Boddie and part of an Absolute Write Flash Fiction Carnival.

“He’s going to die of carbon monoxide poisoning,” Gillian said as she puffed on her cigarette.
“That’s . . . just . . . great, Gillian. Why don’t you hand William a fire poker and tell him to just finish the man off? [...]

Written under Kate Boddie and part of an Absolute Write Flash Fiction Carnival. To see the original post, click here.

“You’ve changed, man. You’ve changed. I don’t even know who you are anymore.”
“What–what are you talking about? I’m that guy that you know. You know . . . me”
“C’mon, man. You’re slurring your words. You’re [...]

It was a blow dart. As in you blow in one end and a dart shoots out the other. Blow dart.
“And what am I supposed to do with this?”
“Shoot him with it. We’re a non-violent community. We don’t like guns or tasers. This’ll just knock him out.”
For a senior citizen complex, I could understand the [...]