Short Stories
Malaya’s Backyard Mystery
Malaya’s Backyard Mystery By Graycee Babb Age 12 This book is dedicated to: My family: my Mom, Angela Babb, my Dad, Jeff Babb, my Grammie, or “Grams,” Wanda Payne, my Papaw, Jim Payne, my Grandmom, Judy Babb, my Granddad, Wendal Babb, and the rest of my family. My friends: Gracie Lynn Fried, Emeline Hewett, Madalyne Jones, Emma Logan, Kahlie Logan, Leah Saunders, Savannah Snyder, Brianna Snyder, Delancey Whitlow, Darcey Whitlow, and the rest of my friends. Chapter One In Hope
Interra and the Authors
Interra and the Authors When I was a child, my mother told me the story of the Internet. She told me of the Librarian who fought the Authors to bring information to everybody. I will tell you the story as she told me. Many years ago, in the land of Tenenlibris, all information was kept hidden and locked away in the halls of the Authors, who viewed themselves as the only beings worthy of accessing all knowledge. The only information
The Demise Of The Muppets
It was only a matter of time, of course. Once Disney slapped warning labels on the Muppets that certain things about them were “offensive,” their demise was assured. When the pink slips were handed out, though, it took some explaining. Mrs. Piggy (naturally) was the first one to speak up. “FIRED?!? YOU THINK YOU CAN FIRE ME? WHY I THINK I’LL JUST FIRE YOU RIGHT OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE!!!” she screamed as she balled up her fist and prepared to
The Avengers Church
Having vanquished Thanos and saved the universe, the Avengers found themselves with nothing meaningful to do. Sure, Hulk would go out and smash a few shoplifters now and then, but after a while the ACLU protested (in writing, from a secret location a very long way away) and even that came to an end. Finally, though, Tony Stark came to the rescue, as he was always wont to do anyway. “Okay kids, listen up,” he said with a playful smirk,
Transse
Transse. That would be the nearest way in our language to say the name of the world he found himself crashed on. This was supposed to be the triumphant return of the United States to space. Years ago, the U.S. had gone to the moon a few times, then everything seemed to go backwards from there. The rocket ship going to the moon gave way to the space shuttle simply orbiting the Earth, and that was then canceled due to
The Old Man Who Could Speak, But Couldn’t
Far away and long ago, in the tiny land of Bleshy, lived a nice old man in a nice old cottage, who hoped to live out his last few years in peace. He had raised his children, buried his dear old wife, and was very, very tired. He longed for nothing more than to wander down by the sea shore each day, feed the birds, and maybe catch a few fish now and then. “I need no excitement,” he would
The Kid
The Kid. That was the name that Big Will Buckman derisively called Travis Jackson behind his back the night before, to his buddies at the bar. To his face, he dropped the “The,” and just spat out “Kid,” before he added “You should have took my advice, and left town.” Travis just stood his ground, there in the middle of the street. The noon day sun beat down on the both of them, and sweat trickled down their backs. No
“The Flower’s Choice”
As the pretty lady hovered over her, the flower in the field knew she had a decision to make. This field had been home to her, and to others before her, for as long as anyone could remember. Each day the sun would rise over the nearby mountains, and the rays would illuminate the dew on her petals. She would stretch, and open herself up to it’s warmth-giving rays. Shortly, the dew would be gone, the heat of the day
The Mini-Adventures Of Robbie Ryckowski. Adventure Two: The Presidential Pardon
Robbie Ryckowski was an ordinary little boy in almost every regard. Yes, other than the fact that he was absent-minded, hyper, bug-eyed, prone to uncontrollable attacks of giggling at all the wrong times, accident-prone, covered in freckles, and with no common sense at all, he was perfectly ordinary. Oh, and did I mention that he was also a magnet for trouble and that when he got scared his voice went away? And then there was that awkward episode with the
The Mini-Adventures Of Robbie Ryckowski Adventure One: The Slippery Salamander Saga
Robbie Ryckowski was an ordinary little boy in almost every regard. Yes, other than the fact that he was absent-minded, hyper, bug-eyed, prone to uncontrollable attacks of giggling at all the wrong times, accident-prone, covered in freckles, and with no common sense at all, he was perfectly ordinary. Oh, and did I mention that he was also a magnet for trouble, and that when he got scared, his voice went away? But other than all that, he was ordinary. Being
Bar Hollifield And The Showdown In The Sandlot
Barry Hollifield, Bar, to his friends, was a big man. And by big I mean he stood six feet, one inch tall, and was thick and strong. But right now, more than anything else, he was just sore. His planned eight second ride on a particularly ornery bull named Menace had come to an abrupt end at just 4.5 seconds, when he was vaulted off his back, and stomped on as Menace continued to vent his anger. Fortunately the always