Byline
@seanking
Name
Sean King
Bio
Sean is the pen name of 35 chimpanzees with typewriters.
Lifetime lines written
338
Awards
Sean's Stories
UGLY PUMPKIN TAKES OVER OFFICE
Rhonda was having a bad day. Woke up late. Spilled the coffee. And here she was, chasing her dog down the street. In her pajamas. “What ...
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Stalled
Though it was a thick, muggy day in August when Makenzie ventured outside, she could feel Autumn in her bones. Everything was beginning ...
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Log 42: The Ouroboros Effect
"Captain, there is something on the long range sensors you should see." Ensign Butterbrickle reported. Captain Bort Jombloski leered ...
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Interview with the Hampire
Madison and Franklin was picking blackberries around their grandparents house. Madison picked the berries and Franklin held her little ...
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Double Dog Dared to Disappear
"Whatever happened to Doug?", read the sandwich board. The man wearing it was visibly bored, and making only a cursory attempt to hand ...
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Harmonize
Why did you buy so many lemons? I mean, yes, we needed some, but so many? Where are we going to put all these lemons? There's only ...
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Food Face
The face paint artist looked up at the detective and continued giving her side of the story. “He asked for something strange,” she ...
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Daisies for Francis
Her home was perched on the peak of a hill that happened to hold the very last patch of daisies in the entire world. Nonetheless, she ...
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One Snack Can't Hurt
I write this letter hoping that its confession will be apology enough. Although my fame has brought wealth & romance, it's also burdened ...
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The Once & Future Beaver King
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Dabney saw the river and tightened his grip on the bottle. Water burbled in the morning sun and tall pines swayed in the breeze. In ...
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Artificial Sardonic
ok this isn’t really a story but JUST MAKE THE PHONE EVIL
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Tea for Teddy, Too
“Young man, you need a lot of things. But what you need most right now is a cup of tea.” She gestured at the cabinet as she filled ...
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Out of Season
It was a brisk fall day in New England. School buses all over town, crossing guards on every corner. Scarlet, uncharacteristically ...
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Some of them want to blue you
The acrylic painting of the English countryside hung crooked above the fireplace mantle. Beautiful, he thought, staring at her unfinished ...
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Fly to Die for a Fond MEPhone
The phone, now mad, sits next to you at the theater
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Who Trolls the Trolls?: Part II
Orcs and Ogres hated each other. They hadn’t cooperated in over 700 years. They fought bitterly for a few hundred years, and avoided ...
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The One Uppers Club & The CSI Kid
"40 years old and I've never eaten an Oreo!"
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Pickle Vapor Love Bazooka
I was prepared. I had a plan. I had practiced several times a day for the past two months. I had all my tools in my pockets, plus snacks ...
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In Honor of Paul Bunyan
I sat, bored out of my mind, chewing my pencil. I wished to myself, silently, that it would end. It just seemed to go on forever.
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Slave to da Riddim
I suddenly stared at her in disbelief, I couldn't tell if this was an illusion or if it was real, I heard no scream, only the sobs ...
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Flip Your Phones in the Air
The phone, with the app open, sees the poisoning from the front row. The app thinks (How is she flying) The app
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Lady things
It was a hazy morning. I pressed the button on the coffee pot and stared out the window at the gloom. I turned on the sink and waited ...
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Saving the Selkie
Laurel stomped to the end of the pier and gazed into the murky water. He followed her. “You can’t do that! You just can’t!” A single ...
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In Search of a New Moon
He Held the cannon to her face, she looked into it and saw the endless void."Daniel don't do this" She protested.Daniel looked at Tanya ...
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Who Trolls the Trolls?
The Troll King was very pleased with himself, more so than usual. He leaned back on his throne of skulls and picked his teeth with ...
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Price of a Rebel
It's not easy being green. I should know. I was a tree for 25 years. Most folks balk when I tell them this. "How can you, a swimsuit ...
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Time Pistol
"Terry please, don't do this to me, to yourself" Her eyes lit as I held the trigger in my hands tears streaming down my face."R-Ramona ...
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The Valkyrie's Last Drink
"I'll have a Grandma's Uncle Fish." I blinked at the customer. "You got it," I said & turned around to grab a glass. I'd never heard ...
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From A Jailhouse to a Birdhouse
I pushed the mop back and forth slowly as I circled near the door for a third time. I eyed the lock. They should’ve known better than ...
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The True Vaccine to Covid
I smile as every strike hits his body, I could kill guilt knowing that the plan was going correctly I was able to wipe away the guilt ...
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