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Fernando Sorrentino
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A Lifestyle
When his key breaks off on the inside of his apartment, the narrator must fight bureaucracy and apathy in increasingly desperate attempts to escape.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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A Psychological Crusade
A renegade experimental psycologist explains how to inflict his methods on the general public.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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An Enlightening Book
Detailing Dr Ludwig Boitus' studies of the strangely charastmatic Caliguinas bird.
(Humour,Sci-Fi)
- Date Added: May 2002
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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An Enlightening Tale
Humorous fable about an honest beggar, a miserly Lady and an infatuated butler.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Chastisement By The Lambs
A man investigates an increasingly common phenomenon involving carnivorous lambs with a highly developed sense of justice.
(Humour,Sci-Fi)
- Date Added: May 2002
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Doctor Moreau Did It
A man meets his girlfriend's parents.
(Humour)
- Date Added: December 2008
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Essence And Attribute
A man notices a small wart on his left hand.
(Humour)
- Date Added: January 2006
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Habits of the Artichoke
A tutor is given an artichoke plant and soon learns that taking care of it is not going to be easy.
(Horror,Humour)
- Date Added: October 2009
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:3 stars
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In Self-Defense
When little Juan Manuel defaces a neighbour's door the potential dispute escalates in a bizarre direction.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Mere Suggestion
A man is consumed by a completely irrational fear.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Method for Defense against Scorpions
An alternative to the traditional methods.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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My Friend Luke
A profile of the timid but highly irritating man known to his friends as Luke.
(Humour)
- Date Added: May 2002
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Piccirilli
While dusting off his extensive library, the narrator discovers a diminutive man on one of the lower shelves.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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Problem Solved
A troublesome package is left at the home of an employee of the Insignia Financial Group.
(Humour)
- Date Added: August 2007
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
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Rewarding Superstitions
A man makes a living out of other people's superstitions.
(Humour)
- Date Added: August 2005
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
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The Empire Of The Parakeets
Revealing the sinister hidden agenda behind the apparently pointless behaviour of a particular type of tiny green insect.
(Humour,Sci-Fi)
- Date Added: May 2002
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:2 stars
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The Horn Player: Chapter Seven
A reluctant banker tries horn playing as a substitute for his errant girlfriend.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Lesson
A young employee has an encounter with the company general manager.
(Humour)
- Date Added: July 2008
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
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The Life of the Party
Such a charming couple! Young, elegant, good conversationalists - but, of course, they never give the impression they are aware of it.
(Humour)
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:1 stars
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The Pest
An unusual birthday treat.
(Humour)
- Date Added: December 2008
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:2 stars
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