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Posted by sam wilson on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
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Chick Lit: She stood on her own two feet. She didn’t want to get swept off them. High-heels.
History: Isaac Newton made an important discovery in that orchard: Birds sitting in apple trees don’t always control their bowels.
Fantasy: The spell took him to a strange world. The ground was pink and covered in fine hair. It was unfamiliar, like the back of his hand.
Horror: “Bind Them Forever!” chanted the eyeless ones, holding a rusted needle. And the couple began to regret having a themed wedding.
Coming Of Age: He learned a lot that year. Laundry won’t do itself. Deodorant is not a bath. And scurvy is still an actual thing.
Modern Romance: “Why do you still sell AA batteries?” he said. “What devices still use them?” The cashier’s blush gave her away.
Fantasy: The scientist uncovered the wires that the mystic used to fake levitation. And Tlazotl the God of Skeptics grew powerful.
Medical: For years the doctors thought he had Tourette’s, until they found out that he was just surrounded by arseholes.
Philosophical: His motto was “Live every day like it was your last.” He spent the final 37 years of his life screaming and crying.
Fable: The Late Bird came home after an all-night bender, and ate the worm. When the Early Bird woke up it had to reevaluate its priorities.
Genre Stories (@genrestories) is an ongoing Twitter account where I post twitter-length short stories in every genre I can think of.
This blog collects them into easy-to-read batches.