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Short Story / Humor

June 02, 2018

Reads: 38

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

An absurd telling of a classic tale. Or "If you make it dumb, they will read it." MoonYu Cover by Created by 0melapics - Freepik.com Read More

Tags: dumb, funny, absurd

Poem / Romance

April 29, 2018

Reads: 0

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What's there to say.....just read it! Read More

Tags: relationship, sex, dysfunction, absurd

An idea i had for a story based on a passing comment I heard. Of course just in progress but if you want to leave feedback on what I have so far that would be cool :) , just wondering how it reads. I hope to update this very… Read More

Tags: fantasy, absurd, surreal, snail, snails

Book / Humor

November 28, 2017

Reads: 31

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A dude who takes guilt to extremes! Read More

Tags: guilt, absurd

Short Story / Other

October 24, 2017

Reads: 48

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

One man and a research paper. Read More

Tags: comedy, absurdity, absurd, nonsense, nonsensical

Short Story / Science Fiction

September 10, 2017

Reads: 1044

Comments: 48

Shelves: 20

The Contently Deranged Travelers House

Two Berlin detectives attempt to investigate a strange murder, with the only clue being a piece of paper with a name on it. Continues in NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, GENESIS, and THE LAST OF THE NSHEOS. Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, writers, absurd, fourth-wall

A narrator appears in Nothingness. A voice compels him to tell. A narrator has to tell. Read More

Tags: voice, absurd, nonsense, narration, humorism

Script / Literary Fiction

December 27, 2015

Reads: 264

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A unnamed man prepares to face his destiny Read More

Tags: theater, play, tragic, absurd, short_play

Short Story / Humor

June 05, 2015

Reads: 160

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The unforeseen challenges of shipping dragon eggs by mail. Read More

Tags: humor, satire, eggs, dragons, absurd

Essay / Humor

April 13, 2015

Reads: 374

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A witty observation Read More

Tags: humour, absurd, ditty

Poem / Poetry

February 07, 2015

Reads: 136

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A closer look at modern life through the eyes of an everyday city-dweller. Read More

Tags: death, modern, art, dilemma, conformity, city, absurd, existentialism, solipsism, twenty_first_century

The life of a dead man has never been so questionable. Read More

Tags: science_fiction, drugs, religion, space, isolation, absurd, crack, police_brutality, boll_johnsack, death_is_in_the_air

Two works of flash fiction from the school of the absurd Read More

Tags: fiction, school, flash, absurd

Short Story / Other

September 19, 2014

Reads: 120

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What happens when birdwatchers get angry. Read More

Tags: fiction, short_story, birds, absurd

Malloy has an assignment. It's supposed to be easy. Maybe his luck will change for the better for once? Read More

Tags: crime, job, gangster, absurd, assignment

A humorous, off-the-wall story, free-flow written, absurd, interesting, and free to read. Read More

Tags: humorous, funny, joke, odd, absurd, zombie, preacher, dolphins

Poem / Poetry

January 19, 2014

Reads: 116

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

It's more of a poem about a poet reflecting on his anti-love love poem. Read More

Tags: love, dark_humor, absurd, giraffes

Short Story / Non-Fiction

December 24, 2013

Reads: 291

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is the fourth and final paper I wrote for my creative non-fiction class. The basic conflict is whether or not the original "Die Hard" is technically a Christmas movie. Its just silly little piece that I wrote in response to the suffocating amount of writer ego that was bogging… Read More

Tags: christmas, humorous, funny, nonfiction, absurd, argument

Short Story / Humor

December 24, 2013

Reads: 260

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is the fourth and final paper I wrote for my creative non-fiction class. The basic conflict is whether or not the original "Die Hard" is technically a Christmas movie. Its just a silly little piece that I wrote in response to the suffocating amount of writer ego that was… Read More

Tags: christmas, humorous, funny, nonfiction, absurd, argument

Don't ask me where this title came from. I just gave a title which reflects the uncertainty and the confusion of the poem. It is basically a poem of opposites and the edges of feelings. Read More

Tags: feelings, confusion, anger, hate, weird, uncertainty, insanity, redemption, abstract, absurd, willingness

Poem / Poetry

November 19, 2013

Reads: 240

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I'm not lucky in life at all, so I'm sad and disappointed lots of times. At times like these, I usually write a poem to give my sadness away. This is a poen which was made this way. Read More

Tags: dark, death, hope, loneliness, disappointment, sadness, suicide, desperate, desperation, futile, giving_up, hopelessness, absurd

Poem / Non-Fiction

October 19, 2013

Reads: 189

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

One day, I just started pondering about life and death. Unfortunately, I wrote my thoughts down on this poem. Enjoy... Read More

Tags: death, life, reality, young, reincarnation, existence, absurd, buddhism

When Raymond woke up and discovered his mother was missing the idea that she'd disappeared into a bottle of perfume was too much for the poor sap to take, but that's what the message said. Read More

Tags: fantasy, fiction, world, short, lost, twisted, stories, bottle, absurd, perfume, jill, raymond, gatsby

Short Story / Humor

January 13, 2013

Reads: 153

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A glimpse into a typical day in Jack Herst, writer-in-hiding, as he tries to escape the parts, or members, of his life that follow him. Read More

Tags: humor, fiction, comedy, absurd, deia

Miscellaneous / Humor

January 13, 2013

Reads: 174

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

WHAT BIRD'S NAMES REALLY MEAN Read More

Tags: bird, names, absurd

Short Story / Other

December 09, 2012

Reads: 96

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Are there really a place on earth that nothing happens or do we carry the nothing to a place of happening? Does time toy with us with it's immense power? Could we really see the time when we look at a clock? This is a story of two men, met… Read More

Tags: mystery, short_story, human, conversation, abstract, absurd

Short Story / Horror

June 09, 2012

Reads: 117

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

General horror of sorts . . . Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, death, doll, macabre, absurd, haunted, surreal

A small exercise of absurde literature Read More

Tags: literature, absurd, dali, surrealism, tristan, salvador, dada, tzara, urmuz

Absurd surreal events captured in a moment of clarity Read More

Tags: absurd, bizarre, nonsense, surrealist

Molded by a flower. Read More

Tags: knight, flower, john, absurd, molded

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