Month: March 2026
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Squeeze by Simon Collinson
I seemed to be the only one in town who didn’t have a squeezy ball to squeeze.
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LOCAL RESTAURANT TO FEATURE ‘BAKE YOUR OWN LASAGNA™’
‘Ordinary people have no idea how labor-intensive and infuriating it is to cook for other people,’ Marco told The Gorko.
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ode to the dead rat i found in my dairy queen blizzard by John Sara
for a brief moment, you saw the world
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in the world and 2 more by Mykyta Ryzhykh
They said it was the statue of liberty They said that my love has no boundaries
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The Tyger by James Callan
One-eyed like a pirate with a raven for a parrot Odin himself, and the braided swine
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Swanson Ford – Employee Self-Appraisal by Bob Gielow
To help you avoid all that stressful planning while you are grieving for me, I’ve written out the following list of assignments.
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Household Items and 1 more by Ben Macnair
His consciousness, a neat little widget of self-awareness, seemed to have taken up residence somewhere near his sternum.
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Liar by Doug Hawley and Bill Tope
I greeted a new face at the bus stop today, a big, florid, puffy fellow who rather resembled a pink marshmallow.
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PAPARAZZI IN THE DUMPSTER AGAIN: PASS ME ANOTHER FIRECRACKER
I have recently switched from Witchkiller rapid-fire chains to the Chin Channy Chin Rattler X-3075
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Alt Tyrant by Hugh Blanton
The longest section of the book is the acknowledgments section going on for four pages with a lot of [I’ve removed this person] strewn about it.
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SUZIE CREAMCHEESE and 3 more by Maceo Nightingale
Billy Karnash in the 5th grade, known as the human pencil
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UNCLE TOBY JUST GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM BARBARA AT HIS OFFICE
‘God look at him,’ local child Nadira told Gorko reporters from the back of her father’s bicycle. ‘He is acting like he already scored.’
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A Gorko Gazette Borsch by Iryna Somkina
Half a cabbage, shredded with mild but palpable passive aggression. Click for complete recipe!
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THAT’S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE by u.v. ray
John Gambler sits on the towpath at Gas Street Basin trying to salvage what was left of the abysmal day.
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Le Penseur by Doug Hawley and Bill Tope
His torso and limbs were arranged in the same posture as Rodin’s ‘The Thinker,’ only in flesh tones.
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leopard print and 1 more by Nathaniel Sverlow
my son had accidentally gone into the ladies room to do his business
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THIS IS A CAT WHO CAN MOVE OBJECTS SUCH AS BASKETBALLS WITH ITS SPECIAL COLLAR
Could Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7 (or just Jake) in fact be an extraterrestrial with telekinetic powers?
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Kill Two Birds by Simon Collinson
The modern age demanded greater efficiency, more birds killed for your buck.
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GORKO CHEF RAMBO BOLILLO COOKS: SOUPS THAT TASTE LIKE SANDWICHES
Do you love sandwiches but hate taking the time between bites to actually chew them?
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‘Paean of the High Plains Drifter’ by Guy Duvet
SHOULD WE NEVER SPEAK WHAT WE SAY / IN THREAT OF BRITTLE LOVE










