simonpennon

Caffeine

Teeth chattering, a bug-eyed ball of frizz dug its claws into the wooden counter. “M-m-m-more!” it demanded. “You’ve had enough,” the man in the stained white a...

Love Poems

It's Valentine's day, sue me. --- I think of you most every day I almost send a text your way Stopping me, an ugly truth More of me pushes most away </3 </3 </3...

Big Shit (one page fiction)

So there I was, string tied to my dick as was the local custom, when I felt a great grumbling rumbling in my stumbling. I mean stomach. Why’d I say stumbling? W...

Escape!

I had almost made it. The Warden had dozed off in his chair again and I had to take the chance. I had spent hours upon hours, days upon days, chipping, rubbing,...

Seed Poem

As part of a writing exercise, we were given a persimmon seed. We had ten minutes to come up with something - here's my bit. --- A mighty tree stands ‘fore me d...

More writing exercises

Word Exercise [Spoon, Tick, Snowflake, Protest, Random, Help, Happy, Leaf, Machine, Kid] “Hey Champ, what are you doing?” I called out to the kid who seemed to ...

Writing Exercises

I'm still alive, I promise! Over the next few days I'll post some writing exercises. I'm not doing NaNoWriMo, though I am trying to write every day. --- Picture...

The Climb

[This is an older piece, but a friend reminded me about it. More information / Inktober stuff appears at the end.] It was going to be a long way up, but I knew ...

Inktober Story

Preface: I'm doodling my little doodles. In addition to this, I'm trying to write short stories when inspiration strikes. The Inktober sketch for this story app...

Unicorns

It had been a full day since the family first sought refuge in the small cabin. The hours had been spent pacing, arguing, and, for the two youngest members, hud...

Trekkies to the Rescue

“Beam yourself up!” “I’m sorry, what did you say?” “I said beam yourself. The fuck. Up.” “How dare you speak to your commanding officer like that?” “Oh, I dare....

Muscle Man

“It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” -Socrates ‘This was supposed to be easy,’ I thought, ...

Adventure!

Sunshine and smiles permeated the small encampment. Anything seemed possible on a day like today, and the trio were bubbling with excitement. “I bet we’ll find ...

Mataram: Born to Fight

Some of you might know I'm in to flags - I saw this big guy today and thought I'd share. I think it's related to sports, but have no other information. If you k...

Shopping

The bag wasn’t anything special, but it caught her eye. Everything seemed just the slightest bit more attractive than the purse she was carrying - the color see...

Madman

“Madmen part their hair on the right, you know.” The statement was issued without the slightest acknowledgement of its target. The young woman who made the stat...

Gone Fishing

“What’s with the long face?” “I have a bad feeling about that worm over there.” “How so?” “Well, Tommy went for one just like it an hour ago and I haven’t seen ...

Surf's Up!

“Surf’s up dude!” “What are you, a stereotype?” “Whaddya mean? Like a Sony?” “You just said ‘surf’s up, dude’.” “Well, it is! If we don’t get going, we’ll miss ...

#ZapFic contest: tell me a tale in 240 characters or less (results of last week, and new prompt)

It's ZAPFIC! Steem's longest running MicroFiction contest! What is zapfic? Well I was the first to use the hashtag, so I guess I invented it, and I get to decid...

Time and a Half

The situation, as I was thoroughly informed, was that no overtime would be approved. It didn't matter that we were short staffed. It didn't matter that my manag...