funny stories medium length stories Steve Lucas Tuesday, January 26, 2016 A Ball of Chalk By Steve Lucas <i>Steve Lucas's character, a screenwriter with daddy issues, is about to discover that he has a terrible taste in friends.</i><br><br> Definition: <br><br> 1) Cockney rhyming slang: "Gone for a ball of chalk" means gone for a walk. <br><br> 2) Military slang: "All went for a ball of chalk" means a situation deteriorated beyond repair, about as much use as a ball of chalk. <br><br><br> 'Mercenaries!' I shou… Read more Labels: funny stories medium length stories Steve Lucas 6 comments:
medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Steve Lucas Tuesday, April 7, 2015 The Bind of Benjamin White by Steve Lucas <i>Steve Lucas tells the story of a hopeless drunk who longs for a better life, but must first face his demons.</i><br><br> I was a teenager when it happened. The horse was tightly bound to the tree with barbed wire. Its hooves stamped at the dusty ground, alive, wide-eyed and violent with madness; its blubbery nostrils foamed and snorted bloody bubbles that spluttered like red froth from hell. The noise of tha… Read more Labels: medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Steve Lucas 5 comments:
futuristic stories medium length stories Steve Lucas Tuesday, June 24, 2014 The Portrait of Bare Pneuma by Steve Lucas <i>An alcoholic artist loses his job as a mechanic at the same time that his visions of an alien world reach a crescendo; by Steve Lucas.</i><br><br> 'Why don't you just disappear?' asked the old man, waving his hand as if brushing away a fly. <br><br> 'Don't speak to me like that.' James lifted the wrench a fraction as his muscles tightened in his right arm. <br><br> 'Take it easy kid.' The ol… Read more Labels: futuristic stories medium length stories Steve Lucas 5 comments:
