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Weekly Contest #344
The second Monday of October is Columbus Day. Other than workers who get the day off the only people who pay attention to Columbus Day are those waiting for a check or package in the mail to arrive and realizing they are not getting it because there is no mail. Here is the untold story of Columbus Day. Columbus Day is the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing. Some scholars dispute that Columbus discovered America. One group believes seafaring Phoenicians found it. Other educators say that before Columbus got there, ancient mariners...
Weekly Contest #333
Outside of the windows, Scod Driktax, watched the view change from a field of stars to blue skies as he shifted the Z56 Cruiser out of propulsion drive and into cruising speed. He activated the spaceship’s stealth mode, so no one on the planet below could see him. Mister Baaxer, Scod’s wealthy and eccentric employer, had sent him on another crazy assignment – go to Earth and acquire an apple strudel recipe. While listening to the Traveling Toota podcast, “Eating Your Way Through the Planetary System,” Mister Baaxer heard a review of the app...
Weekly Contest #331
Bob put his frozen dinner in the microwave and set the timer for two minutes. Ten seconds later, the doorbell rang. He hoped it wasn’t any of his friends showing up and interrupting his lunch. An ITS (International Trucking Service) deliveryman stood outside the door with a huge box on a wheeled dolly. “I have a delivery for Bob Gronkle.” Bob checked out the box. It was almost the size of a refrigerator. “I don’t remember ordering anything – especially something this big.” The microwave dinged from the kitchen. “Are you cooking something?” t...
Weekly Contest #295
The New Arrival DepartmentStanding in the Grand Jas Cemetery, Flossie Boselieu stood in front of her husband Henry’s casket. She forced herself to make a sad-looking face. The truth was, it didn’t bother her at all that her cheating husband dropped dead from a heart attack. Too bad it didn’t happen when he was cheating on her with his floozy secretary.In the Heaven’s Gate New Arrival facility, Garmites Thompson tapped his fingers on his fourth-floor office workstation desk and watched Flossie on a holographic projection. He and some friends ...
Weekly Contest #281
Tom Mollicatom@studiotommy.com 414-383-3886 Mail Order Bride Bob put a Hungry Harold Salisbury Steak dinner in the microwave and set the timer for three minutes. Ten seconds later, the doorbell rang. Bob sighed and hoped it wasn’t any of his friends showing up unexpectedly and interrupt his lunch. Opening the front door, a female ITS (International Trucking Service) delivery driver stood outside with a big box on a wheeled dolly. “I have a delivery for Bob Gronkle.” “I don’t remember ordering anything – especially something this big.” The d...
Weekly Contest #267
Aroma Man By Tom Mollica At a table inside the Happy Perch restaurant, Arnie Melvin looked across the table at his Mister Cupid dating site match Sonia. She was a handsome woman, but so far, she did not have a pleasing personality. After meeting in the bar, enjoying a cocktail, and introducing themselves, the two went into the restaurant. When the hostess was putting menus down, Arnie pulled Sonia’s chair out for her. She did not sit, but said, “The spiritual path I follow requires me to do an ‘honor the Gods song and dance’ before I con...
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