A Short (Very Short) Sketch
He was a bit careless (I believe he was eying that cute neighbour of his), so he got the cuff of his trousers caught between the pavement...
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The Seeing Nose
One night, I was wishing things all over. Then, I thought there were too many stars in the sky and not enough light down under, in the...
The Promise
Call yourself alive? Look, I promise you that for the first time you'll feel your pores opening like fish mouths, and you'll actually be...
Calling Back Laughter
If laughter ever leaves your side, call it back like this.
When All the Squirrels Pointed North
One day I wished that the squirrels all had their tails pointing north. I made them point north just by wishing it! It looked as if a...
The Protest
So I was walking on one of those creaky, dangly wooden bridges, like you guys have seen only in magazines or in Indiana Jones. I was...
Autumn
Another take on autumn, quite different than the previous one. Don’t listen to what all those painters and poets tell you! Autumn is...
Autumn
Feels like the right time to post some seasonal stories. This is the more gentle one, from a very gentle author. The other seems a bit...
The Footprint Tree
One time I wished up a footprint tree. It had the footprints of many animals for leaves. Footprints left behind in mud and snow were all...
The Mystery of the Sky
Coming back from the ball, I sat down at the window and gazed at the sky: it seemed to me the clouds were the huge heads of old men...
The Pothole
So I walking down the street, minding my own business when I fell into a pothole. Well then, that's how it was meant to be, the least I...
An Artificer's History of Riddles
Riddles, it is said, were the attempts of the things of the world to communicate with humans, tell them what and why they are, so that the w
The Man-Wearing Coat
Once, I wished up a coat wearing a man inside. The man was sleeping, and when he woke, the coat was on him! This was in summer, so many...
For the Sake of It
They asked us today in school, what is bigger, nothing, or half of nothing? I raised two out of five fingers and answered that it depends...
In the City
I was taking a walk through the city, when I stepped into a pothole. Be that as it may, I know for a fact that someone had tripped me. I...
The Cold Mountain
So here I stay, under this cinnamon tree, white clouds for my pillow. I'll just take a nap.
How Many Moons Are in the Sky?
One time, I wanted two moons in the sky. But I needed someone to look up and see these two moons because I wanted to hear him try and...
Weekend Phantasy
I can't wait for the weekend! In the morning I want us to go to the theatre. I heard there's an interactive, absurd play going on: some...
The Time When All The Noises Met
This story is straight from the Trickster's mouth. He lived for ninety-four years on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, Canada, under the name...
The Geometry Lesson
For the start of this series I chose this nice little story about how seemingly impossible things, such as measuring chaos, are not that...
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