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Benjamin Chandler
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Benjamin's Stories
The Bingo Blazooie Hour
In the jungle, a lazy panther was on the prowl for spectacles. Not wanting to admit his issue, he pretended to be hunting for elephants ...
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The Mambo
Jenny stopped. She didn’t know what was going to happen next. Either her brother was going to be released from prison and all hell ...
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Gremlins From Hell
You awoke to the smell of burning. Ugh. Early morning and it felt like hell was making an appearance. Slowly, the smoke was getting ...
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Escape from a Thousand Worlds
The e-mail only gave a date, time, and location. But the moment I read it, I knew what it for what it was: not just an invitation ...
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Ode to the Beckers
Once upon a time, a writer-in-a-different-life stumbled across a fun little app—a thoroughly enjoyable rabbit hole of collaboration ...
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Furry Boxmas to All
Muffin the tabby liked lots of catty things: string, catnip, napping. But he didn’t like boxes. All the other cats couldn’t get enough ...
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Paws for Reflection
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“So, young man, you consider yourself a player. You enjoy toying with ladies’ hearts, do you?” She sighed, then chuckled. “There’s ...
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When Hunger Leads to Adventure
Oh it's happening. It's definitely here. You look around outside at what would be your first shop. Fluffy, warm pastries paired best ...
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Those That Move Below
Breathe. That's what everyone tells you when you start to panic and self-destruct. God knew I wanted to take the air in as much as ...
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The Night of the Doodoo Leopard
Seven thousand tonnes of snow. Bitter frost. I had to trek miles forwards for even a glimpse of light in this frozen over, barren wasteland ...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
There was a hairy man at Walmart shopping for Valentine’s Day.
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plane crash
The plane was crashing. I didn't know what to do.
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The Cricket's Comeback
Once upon a time, there was this little girl
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Adventures in the Corn Board
I must’ve hacked into this server a million times as the first step in accessing, well, a million other systems. An open port 22 on ...
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Noodling
“Try the pasta,” Estelle said, “it’s out of this world.” So I did. And she wasn’t kidding, it really was - that became evident later ...
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My Experiences as an Adolescent Psychedelic Mushroom Enthusiast
The shaking only intensified as every clock on the wall of the clock store rang. The ringing was louder and longer than she’d ever ...
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Squirrel Nuts Clip Her
An impassable force lied between me and the artifact. Neurograth, the Golem of Gold.
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Mind the Store
“Where am I?” she asked aloud, not expecting an answer. She stood in a cave illuminated only blue green light shimmering on the walls ...
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Trunk Club
Despite the fact that it was a rainy, freezing fall day, Lyla decided to go for a walk. She stopped suddenly at the Delgado's house ...
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Nature in a Pickle
The girl crouched on a hill of wild grass overlooking the river where her people fish for eel. A ragged elk skin dress hung loosely ...
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The Wetness
"I'm late again!" Karen yelled from across the house as she chipped away at the melted crayons that had been left to cool in the waffle ...
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Love Stinks
"You like ginger ale, too?" Zuzka asked Binh. "Sprite's too sweet," he answered. Zuzka was a mail order bride & Binh was a mail order ...
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Horribly Wrong
“At least he won’t wreck anyone else’s marriage. Not now, not ever, “ muttered Albert as he mortared the few remaining bricks into ...
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Bobby, Gramps, & the Jalapeño Sheriff
Do not go gentle into that good night. Do not go violent into that bad day. Do not run in the halls. Do not eat toothpaste. Do not ...
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M’omelette for One
You wake up to find yourself shrunken down to one inch tall. You look up and see your mother towering above you. She bends over and ...
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Mr. Ellis And The Flaming Disinfectant Disk
I stared down at the paper I had been handed, incredulous. It read as follows: Dear Mr. Ellis: This notice is to inform you that your ...
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Fly to Die for a Fond MEPhone: Part II
You were out of time. You were chasing that bomb. But you WERE miguided. By who? Your iPhone. How? Right as I was given the mission ...
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Vanishing
Rusty glanced up at the sky. Yep, the spaceship was still there. He lowered his head and trudged down the abandoned road. The spaceship ...
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Ursula goes rogue
The Council of Elders were meeting for the third time in a month. “Is this really necessary?” Ursula the witch asked. The head werewolf ...
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Of Morals & Mayonnaise
There are days in a young boy's life when everything changes. For Huxley Doyle that day came on a Wednesday. That was the day he first ...
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