It was a lazy Saturday afternoon. Xabier and Zadé had just completed their task of doing nothing when hunger struck. Xabier walked into the kitchen and groaned, “Oh, I’m so hungry!” Zadé clutched his stomach in mockery and cried theatrically, “If I don’t eat anything soon, I’ll absolutely perish!” Both punched each other in the …
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Lucy
Lucy Furr sat outside the principal's office awaiting her third scolding of the week. This time it was for turning Vara Chiel's milk into goat's blood. She swung her dangling legs back and forth with her hands squished under her thighs, staring blissfully at a far corner where the sterile white walls met the ceiling. …
Short Stories For the Strange and Unusual 