ann buffington·Mar 12, 2021Lousy with Goats“Don’t look down,” the old prospector advised as he heaved the bulging garbage bag over the side of the railing. The rotting cantaloupe…
ann buffington·Mar 5, 2021Self-Help SeminarAmelia circled the dates on her calendar and requested the days off at work. “Freedom From Your Comfort Zone” was an exclusive seminar…
ann buffington·Feb 25, 2021Mr. PumpernickelMr. Pumpernickel spent his afternoons in the bathtub. His neighbor’s cat, also named Mr. Pumpernickel, would wander by the bathroom window…
ann buffington·Feb 19, 2021Hell in February“Just got to get my steps in, hon!” Judy shouted from the doorway. She tapped the thingy on her wrist that counted her steps.
ann buffington·Feb 11, 2021Canceling PlansDelia, deceased, sent a bunch of text messages to her friends canceling her plans for the rest of the month. Her skeleton tapped away at…
ann buffington·Feb 8, 2021The Trolley ProblemThe problem was with the trolleys. They arrived on time and Gary almost never did. This left him with the bus and its more fashionably…
ann buffington·Feb 4, 2021Zeus’s RevengeZeus was two and a half liters into a crate of diet soda. His eyes were spinning like pinwheels made of big top tents. He snorted a line of…
ann buffington·Feb 4, 2021Carl the Knife ThrowerCarl could barely conceal his rage when his date Ingrid declined to join him on stage for the knife throwing portion of his show. It was…
