Tag Archives: mundane

VERITY DUNCAN: Thinking Outside the Box

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Born of Chaos and Thunder, she shatters traditions. No more prejudice, misogyny, patriarchy. Eliminates “We’ve always done it this way.” Bans corporate speak, especially synergistic ideation.

Fixes climate change and pandemics, too.

In some parallel superhero universe.

With a deep sigh and rude gesture, she joins the daily Teams meeting.

Verity Duncan (she/her) is a quality specialist, gets distracted by stories, drinks flat whites. Her work has previously appeared in 50-Word Stories and is forthcoming elsewhere.

BRENDA BERNSTEIN: Portal

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After failing to buy limes, she gives up on the recipe,
____Goes walking in the park,
____Does a double-take at seeing a lime in the dirt.

Weeks later, same spot, another double-take:
____A single-serve apple sauce for tonight’s recipe.
____Organic!

Soon, she will learn
____Expectation strips portals of all magic.

Brenda is the owner of The Essay Expert LLC and the best-selling author of How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile. She spends her days in the world of resumes and LinkedIn profiles and enjoys writing creatively when inspiration hits. See more at theessayexpert.com.

ANGELINE SCHELLENBERG: Who Needs a Shrink?

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Rudi closed her locker, yawned and turned. Feet. She looked up. Everyone was staring. She hadn’t been trying this time. But here she was: three inches tall. If she hurried to the cafeteria, she would have time to treat herself to a giant piece of cake before she grew again.

Angeline Schellenberg authored the Manitoba Book Award-winning Tell Them It Was Mozart (Brick, 2016) and Fields of Light and Stone (UAP, 2020), shortlisted for the KOBZAR Book Award. Her micro-fiction appeared recently in Fewer Than 500, Café Lit, and The Drabble. She hosts Speaking Crow, the longest-running poetry open-mic in Winnipeg, Canada.

BEN TOOVEY: What a way to make a living

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Dolly squinted up, stolen from her busy holopad by the boisterous burst of blue-hued starlight. Her pupils adjusted. She caught her breath.

“Oh!”

Her Comet-class space train, cantering along the networked velocity gates, weaved a shimmering silver thread through the dense asteroid cloud.

“…I’ll need celery for soup,” she remembered.

Ben Toovey is a Brit living in Germany, and a keen procrastinator.

EO HARGREAVES: By the Book

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“Is the temperature of your experimental tank okay?” the alien inquires.

“It’s fine,” I reply, words bubbling up through the strange pink liquid.

“Want to watch Twilight Zone re-runs while we test?”

“Nah.”

“Have to ask,” he explains. “New regulations.”

I sigh, remembering that I work tomorrow.

“Just probe already.”

A sci-fi micro story written by Hargreaves called “Maybe Next Time” is forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction magazine.

IMAGE RONIN: Fifty Shades of Beige

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The monitor flickered, headset summoning clamouring sirens into his existence. A ballet of banality ensued, each reaction scripted, monitored.

Then a hiatus, sandwiches wrapped in cellophane and instant coffee.

He once dreamed of being a writer.

Now he lurked in isolation, constructing reassuring mantras.

Dreaming of sandwiches wrapped in cellophane.

Image Ronin wrote this story.

VIRGINIO ROTA: A Day to Forget

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I woke up at seven
My face already shaven
For breakfast coffee or tea
Ready to be me

Walking down the street
Nobody to meet
Doubtful like Hamlet
Hands in my pockets

How to be alone
Curiously I want to know
Now I’m getting home
To finish this sad show.

Virginio is an Italian student of English language. He likes writing stories in English and sometimes playing with rhymes.

The Cinnamon Rolls Look Particularly Good Today

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“What are you making today, Geraldo?”

“My friend, I have many creations! Witness my self-baking bread, and these gingerbread men dance and sing! Marvelous, no?”

“Truly, but all I wish for are some buns to eat with my soup.”

“How sad,” said Geraldo, “that we live in such a world.”

This story is based on a title suggested by @Zutzy.