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Free Form Fiction
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2 Heart Beats
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by Ray
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| I wake up, and immediately know that something is different. I stand slowly, and that gives it away. In my world, you d... |
| February 12, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Note: We started this 2 Heartbeats business a long time ago. For the uninformed: it... |
| February 19, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| “What’s in Harveyville?” he asks.
I laugh. It hurts but I can’t help it. “The crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congre... |
| March 17, 2007 |
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by Trey
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| As I descend into the boiling water I try to plan it out to lessen the damage.
Rules for being dipped in boiling wate... |
| March 06, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Cartoons. I dream about cartoons. Scoob and the gang. Mostly Shaggy. Shaggy with his stoner voice and his constant ... |
| September 06, 2006 |
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by Trey
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| I yell into the dark woods, “I’m just passing through, so if you don’t want any trouble, neither do I!”
“And if we d... |
| August 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I don’t care how long it’s been, but there is a part of my brain that whines and complains, and constantly demands to k... |
| May 21, 2006 |
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by Trey
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| Somewhere in the depths of that desert tomb the Cupcake was laughing. Hooting echos bouncing down the steel walls of the... |
| May 20, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| “Come on out, boy!” How long has it been? Hours? Days? I reach down and run my hand through Larry’s innards…still w... |
| May 15, 2006 |
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by Trey
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| Click. Bang.
Time is crawling now.
My head throbs with a silent scream as the lead slug creeps across the room puc... |
| March 25, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| The day that all this shit started, if you would have asked me how things could get worse, I simply would have replied ... |
| February 17, 2006 |
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by Jesse
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| Motherfucker.
I reach for my gun, but it's not there, and the quickness of my motion is instantly nauseating. There's... |
| January 18, 2006 |
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by Trey
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| The Cupcake stares at me with surprise.
The world is fat and slow.
I manage a gurgling “what’r you looking at?” be... |
| December 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Shit, man.
I had a teacher once, she said that people who used cuss words were too ignorant to think up anything bet... |
| September 30, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| Sara’s wisdom teeth are coming in crooked.
I know this for two reasons. The first is because she’s always bitching a... |
| September 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I could give a damn about the fat guy in the next room, and to me, that’s one of the weirdest things about this entire ... |
| August 11, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| I scream, "On your right, on your right!"
McMurphy spins the wheel and pulls the emergency brake sending us sliding... |
| August 02, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| BEFORE READING THIS, READ: ... |
| July 18, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| I dream of a puppy in a field of grass and sun. A mutt with bright eyes and big clumsy paws. I watch it chasing a butter... |
| July 13, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Mr. Sneedle’s classroom was on the first floor, but it was still about a five foot drop from the window. And because I... |
| March 13, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I stared at the pile of envelopes for a long time. Yeah, I guess I knew right then that she was gone. It wasn’t as ra... |
| February 10, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I woke up with a monstrous headache, and my stomach felt like it might erupt at any second. I was in my bed, fully dre... |
| February 03, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| As long as I'm ranting and raving, I have another bone to pick, only this time it's with our illustrious strangeland's a... |
| January 27, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Five years, man. Think about it for a second, if you feel like it. In five years, a newborn infant will be going to s... |
| January 23, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| Hm,” Sarah said. “Well, I guess if there have to be clowns around, they might as well be on fire.”
I laughed, she lau... |
| January 21, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| In short, what I had seen was the end of the world. Not as fun as you might imagine. I couldn’t decide if I should pu... |
| January 09, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| The challenge was made, the gauntlet placed down by Ray and I intend to make good on it.
If you haven't read the last i... |
| January 05, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| My mom used to tell me that everybody was psychic. She said most people just ignore it; she said they didn’t WANT to k... |
| December 19, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| Back in the day, before we had The Strangelands to play around with, Carey, Trey, and me had a different way to express... |
| December 19, 2004 |
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