Tag: comedy
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WRONG END OF THE RAINBOW
Life had been a disaster since he found the pot of gold. His wife had found out about his new found wealth, so he’d had to kill her. He didn’t trust the kids anymore, the murderous little bastards were looking to inherit, so he’d cut them off. The yacht and the supercar had been fun…
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LOCKDOWN
Shutters down, windows boarded up, phone disconnected. Four months since the lockdown began, enough food and toilet paper for another year. Tap, tap, tap. What is it? She won’t risk finding out. Until then, she will stay in the basement. *** Agnes knocked on the door again. ‘Let’s go,’ said Archie. ‘It’s been two weeks,…
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HEAVENS ABOVE!
‘There it is! The portal! We are saved!’ ‘It’s not a portal, it’s a gap in the clouds.’ ‘We haven’t seen a gap in the clouds for three years. It must be a sign from above!’ ‘From who exactly?’ ‘Why, from our saviour of course. Don’t you believe?!’ ‘After the plagues, the earthquakes, the drought,…
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IT HAPPENS TO US ALL
He stood like a statue, frozen on the spot. He went back over all the decisions that had led him to this moment, raking through his memory for the answer that would not reveal itself through the fog. He reached out but could not grasp the key information he had forgotten. He tried to not…
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OTHER BRANDS ARE AVAILABLE
‘HÄAGEN-DAZS KILLER STRIKES AGAIN!’ screamed the headline, as did executive Peter Jenkins. It was a PR disaster. That was three. Each bloodied corpse left with a half-eaten tub of Häagen-Dazs next to it. The latest theory: the killer was following people who bought Häagen-Dazs, killing them, then eating the ice-cream. ‘What flavour this time?’ his…
Iain Kelly 