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Short Story / Science Fiction

September 10, 2017

Reads: 143

Comments: 32

Shelves: 18

The Contently Deranged Travelers House

<p> 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. </p> Read More

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

Poem / Romance

May 30, 2017

Reads: 33

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A shortie after work Read More

Tags: eyes, smile, truth, hair, absurd

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: 217

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: 121

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: 348

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A witty observation Read More

Tags: humour, absurd, ditty

Here at the Suicide Assistance Division we are proud to say we help those who have struggled with the thought of ending their precious life. Join or Visit us today! and remember: "Your bravery today, room for us all tomorrow!" Read More

Tags: horror, fiction, short, dark_humour, morbid, absurd, informational

Poem / Poetry

February 07, 2015

Reads: 110

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: 99

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: 88

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: 236

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&#8230; Read More

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

Short Story / Humor

December 24, 2013

Reads: 184

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&#8230; 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: 209

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: 151

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: 128

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: 148

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: 84

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&#8230; Read More

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

Short Story / Horror

June 09, 2012

Reads: 90

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

Absurd 1 Read More

Tags: absurd

A surreal short story. Read More

Tags: fantasy, science_fiction, creative, comedy, absurd, surreal

Short Story / Humor

July 25, 2011

Reads: 80

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A surreal short story. Read More

Tags: fantasy, science_fiction, creative, comedy, absurd, surreal

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