A pair of Alien keypals share a Wattpad© account to keep in touch. One living secretly among us as an inconspicuous 11-year-old girl and the other as her far too conspicuous 39-year-old uncle, the duo exchange personal stories and observations about life on Earth, slowly realizing it isn't easy being a stranger on a s...
Short Story originally entered for a #SciFriday contest. I have edited and expanded it to make it more in line with what I wanted it to be! An encounter with a Voyager probe results in an accident prone visit by inept aliens.
"Semester Abroad" is a story from bestselling author Simon Rich's latest collection Spoiled Brats. About the Book: Twenty years ago, Barney the Dinosaur told the nation's children they were special. We're still paying the price. From "one of the funniest writers in America"* comes a collection of stories culled from t...
Mother's Day At The Orphanage is collection of semi-autobiographical short stories about odd jobs, fake businesses, mistaken identities, close shaves, and near misses, written by David Leigh Abts and Michael Shattuck, edited by Leslie Blodgett, and with the Foreword by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (Frontman of The Dandy War...
Join Cali and Cae as they explore the vast expanse of the Americas, and the lovely platonic-yet-slightly-lesbianic relationship they have with one another. Bands, books, ice cream, and confusing British terminology are all conversations on the table. Care to join? Get in the van. There's no going back. Humour #228 Tee...
Who is Rob Ford when the cameras are off and the microphones aren't aimed at his face? What motivates him? Why does he party so hard? Why does he say such horrible things that make him look like an idiot? Does his private life matter if his job commitment is honorable? Can he come back from political ruin? This is a f...
A smile crossed Death's cold, skeleton face. "Looks like you're out of a job," he told her. The angel looked up at him, shocked. "I-it's not as easy as it looks," she insisted. [A compilation of short stories that are sometimes about life, but mostly about Death.]