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  • Man's New Best Friend
    Comedy
    I never thought I'd be one of those people. You know, the ones who get all choked up over a pet. But here I am, trudging through the desolate...
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  • The Interview
    Comedy
    As I listened to the incessant ticking of the clock on the wall in the reception area, I actively repressed the urge to vomit. There’s just...
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  • The Philly Cheese Mistake
    Comedy
    On a greasy corner of South Philadelphia stood two iconic culinary institutions. On one corner there was Dimarco’s –– a 200-year-old...
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  • Goldfish Sachs
    Comedy
    The offices of Lundquist Capital were always buzzing with activity. The bullpen of cubicles was a seemingly endless depressing row of gray and...
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  • Dear George
    Drama
    Dear George,  We haven’t met yet, this is your Uncle. I want to welcome you to the world and I could not be more excited to meet you. First...
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  • Breaking & Entering
    Comedy
    Max awoke with a groan. The piercing sunlight that danced between the blinds had made its way across the bed, bringing him to sit up and grab at...
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  • Writer's Block
    Comedy
    Arthur had 10 hours to make words magically appear on the screen in front of him. Somewhere between his 3rd cup of coffee and pulling his hair...
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  • Abdiel's Deal
    Fantasy
    Abdiel didn’t quite know how it happened. One moment he was soaring through the clouds of the seventh level of heaven, the next he was sitting...
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  • Probing For Answers
    Sci-Fi
    Steven awoke to the same ringing in his ear that he heard before blacking out. His lower jaw ached and a disorienting sense of dizziness ran...
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  • The Shetland Prodigy
    Comedy
    The Keepsake was a dimly lit pub on the banks of the Gulber Wick - a waterway that ran through the rugged Shetland Islands of Northern Scotland. A...
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  • No More F$#@!Ng Vampires
    Comedy
    The rumors about Professor G.W. Stephens were as weird as they were eclectic. Some said that he had murdered his first wife and buried her in the...
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  • Guru Steve's Path To Enlightened Relationships
    Comedy
    Mike’s rusty, 2004 Honda Civic was a piece of shit.  With over 150,000 miles, it was a miracle that it still ran. In fact, Mike was convinced...
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  • Meme'd
    Comedy
    I got meme’d on a Tuesday. I don’t know why, but I previously thought virality was exclusively a weekend phenomenon. So imagine my surprise...
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  • A Copywritten Hero
    Comedy
    "This looks like a nuisance lawsuit. Plus, it's copyright infringement. That's far from what we do," said the old lawyer. "Wait," said the young...
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  • The Cobra Of Oneida County
    Comedy
    Dennis Kozlowski fancied himself to be the most interesting man in Oneida County. His family’s parcel sat amongst a group of dairy farmers on a...
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  • How To Survive Mononucleosis (While Infecting Those Around You)
    Comedy
    STEP #1:  Contract the illness at the most inconvenient time. Why would you want to spend your well-deserved vacation lying on a beach, tossing...
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