Then and Now
My how melodrama has changed…
Tag: metafiction
What’s in a Name
Sebastian Livermore Trout researched the requirements for a legal name change. Did all the paperwork, and in two weeks, stood before a judge with his mother crying behind him, and changed his legal name to Biff Cartwright.
Al’s Porn Star
AL “Why don’t you come home with me?”
TERI “That wouldn’t be right, sir, going home with a strange man all all alone.”
AL “I’m not strange, I’m Al Bundy. Call me Al.”
Green Pills
There are people who don’t take Green Pills. They are called, “Stoppers”. Real nuts. Look just like normal folks, but they talk about Reality and The Truth, and how it will Set You Free. They stand on street corners handing out literature.
Make Real
“That’s only in the movies,” said Number One Son. “We are from the books. We were next to each other on a shelf in Cincinnati. We got out because of cracked spines.”
“For cracked spine see chiropractor. Not Chang.”