Absurdist Stories

Tyler is being hunted by the Grinning Man and flees to Marble Springs, where he teams up with Serling and Price, real estate agents who sell haunted houses. ***** After his brother disappears and a burial mound explodes, high school student Tyler Graves starts having strange visions. His brother warns him that something is coming for him. Soon, Tyler's entire family is slaughtered, and he's being hunted by an otherworldly entity known as The Grinning Man. Fleeing to Marble Springs, he meets Serling and Price, real estate agents who specialize in selling haunted houses. It's up to this unlikely trio to stop a madman from destroying the world - by literally unleashing Hell on Earth! (Sequel to Apartment 239.) [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Author's Note: Hey everyone! Welcome to a special flashback episode. We're taking a break from the present-day diner chaos to explore how Umbla and Purple became... well, Umbla and Purple. Hope you enjoy their origin story! "Every weirdo has a beginning. Take a trip down memory lane and see the moments that made Umbla and Purple who they are. It's a flashback episode, so expect fewer exploding Yugos and more formative chaos." "Ever wonder why Umbla is the reluctant voice of reason? Or how Purple became a walking, talking fourth wall? This isn't a new disaster; it's a look at the old ones. We're turning back the clock to explore the childhoods and transformations of the duo at the heart of the ParadoxicalVerse. The origin story is finally here."

A great and powerful wizard suffers a mishap whilst expanding his magical prowess.

"Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka is a novella published in 1915. It tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a monstrous insect. Trapped in his room and unable to work, Gregor struggles to adjust to his new body while his horrified family grapples with the burden of his existence. As Gregor adapts to his condition, the relationships within his household shift in unexpected and devastating ways.

The 'Great' Wizard attempts to deepen his connection to the magical arts through ritual practice. What emerges will be wholly unfamiliar to him.

It is said, unanimously, albeit reluctantly, that Reginald might qualify as an eldritch being.

"Dusty and Leo have a simple theory: a white shirt and a black apron can fix any life crisis. Even if that crisis involves owing money to the mob and having zero social skills. When they lie their way into jobs at the Valley's most elite restaurant, they expect tips and easy leftovers. What they get is a six-figure wedding, a five-tier cake disaster, and the realization that some messes simply can't be cleaned up with a damp cloth.

Max is a loyal and dutiful dog, determined to keep the house in order whenever his father steps out for coffee. But breakfast has other plans. Driven by an irrational, selfish need to be eaten, the Toast Twins, the egotistical Jam, the hateful Three Apples, the delusion Oatmeal, the despicable Cereal Box and the proud Hard-Boiled Eggs descend into chaos the moment they're left alone. And no matter how hard Max tries to keep the peace, their violent rivalries spiral out of control. In the end, Max sits alone-punished by his father for the destruction "he" caused. All the while cursing that wretched, disgusting thing called coffee.

Absurd happenings in Reform School

Jay is a new hire at a hotel where they kill their boss every day.

A girl sits with her toys and forms a committee. One of the toys tells a surreal story about chocolate, a kind of psychotic version of Willy Wonka. The girl then plots her revenge on someone.

Five (deadly) Cins is what happens when you blend a general disdain for the sometimes overreaching mega-corperations that control your everyday life with a satirical bite that might just make you gasp in shock. Delve into five stories of five companies that mistreat their denizens, and see the chaos that ensues when someone wises up to their schemes!

Paperhat woke up to a thumping noise. What is it? (hey there, my brother wrote this. He's pretty amazing, huh? :))

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." Orion Blackwood lives in two worlds. By day, he is a man of mirrors and gray commutes, moving through the "architecture of obligation" in a world of identical suits and rhythmic monotony. But by night, he explores the Star-Forest-an alien landscape where grief has no object and light precedes temperature. When the boundary between his waking insomnia and his cosmic cartography begins to dissolve, Orion must confront the "garden of lost shades": a place where things have not died, but have simply lost their color. In the vein of The Midnight Library and Solaris, The Gravity of Lost Shades is a lyrical, atmospheric exploration of the absurd, the melancholic, and the quiet beauty found in the silence of the universe. It is a novel for anyone who has ever looked at the ceiling and found it looking back.

A woman obsessed with how the waves crash into the sea rocks at the beach of her childhood vacation home reflects back on her times going there as a child and teenager.

Cornelius had always had a fascination with teeth. He found them to be exquisite items, though his obsession had always remained an unknown secret, even from his wife. However, once his baby is born without the bones in her gums, his secret transforms into something more sinister. He starts a collection for his little girl that he must complete, even if that means sacrificing all in his life and releasing his inner violent nature.

Future archaeologists are stumped over a trivial item. One of the stories in the book entitled: Humorous Flash Fiction Stories about Speculative Science.

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