Curious Fictions

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Anatoly Belilovsky

Gifts of the Magi

Published Jun 13, 2020 · 952 words (4 minutes) · 140 views

Humor Literary Fiction Science Fiction Romance parody

O. Henry, Franz Kafka, and Hans Christian Anderson walk into a bar...

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A close up portrait of a famous south french insect : the cicada. Well known for its singings when the temperature goes above 25° C during summer. This portrait has been possible during a fresh episode in France. The insect is then very quiet and not able to escape from the lens.

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Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

There and Back Again

Published Jun 22, 2019 · 638 words (3 minutes) · 357 views

Fantasy Humor Dragons parody gold

What if Kickstarter had been available in Middle Earth?

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“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” J.R.R.Tolkien

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Lucy Gabriel

The Charge of the Lightweights

Published Jun 4, 2019 · 217 words (1 minute) · 633 views

Humor Literary Fiction Satire poetry parody Drink tennyson

Tennyson meets first year university students on a bender. This poem was a finalist in the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Originally published as C.L. Holland.

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Lucy Gabriel

Ode to My Dark Lady

Published May 14, 2019 · 96 words (1 minute) · 636 views

Humor Literary Fiction Satire cats poetry Shakespeare parody

This poem was written in a workshop on parodying Shakespeare. The cat in question is still, seven years later, just as terrible. Originally published as C.L. Holland.

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C.L. Holland

The Owl and Great Cthulhu

Published May 12, 2019 · 193 words (1 minute) · 378 views

Fantasy Humor Literary Fiction Satire nonsense verse edward lear poetry Lovecraft parody

H.P. Lovecraft meets Edward Lear.

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