https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1S5pAF1YYA The Big Snit is a short animated film that was released in 1985. It portrays a couple so enthralled by a Scrabble game that they fail to realize the nuclear war that is going on right outside their door. It illustrates how frustrating yet beautiful...
Why giraffe has a long neck (2 min) On a beautiful sunny day a giraffe family came to a park for a picnic. There was mom, dad and tree brothers kids. The older one was very polite and listen to their parents, the youngest one was...
Rainy Day One rainy evening I was having my dinner and heard someone knocked the door. I opened and saw a stranger with a long dress and hood on. He asked if I can give him some water. I offered to come and put him on...
Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tEM26sOF2A...
A Cold Greeting The doorbell sounds. Mark is awoken from a deep sleep. A bag of chips slides off his chest onto the floor as he struggles to his feet from the couch. Bleary-eyed, he opens the door. No one is there. Strange he thinks as...
"How the hell are we supposed to create a walking hurricane?!" The room falls silent. A conundrum the University of Miami had not foreseen when the football program adopted the nickname in 1926. Following a particularly nasty storm that struck South Florida that year, the moniker...
by: Christopher Adams Happy Birthday Patrick He'd slept out of his covers again and woken up cold. The room was only just coming round and the old man was always up first, naked and sleepy and thin. Numb vibrations built into an even roll of whooshes and sweeps....
Midnight Snack (Creaking noise) (Giggles in the distance) “Honey is that you?” Text: “Baby, can you bring me a snack since you’re in the kitchen?” “Babe, I stepped out half an hour ago. Ill bring you a snack when I get back.” “Stop playing, I hear you in the kitchen!” “Hide, omw!” Out with...
Analysis of "The School" The story I read is called "The School" from Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme. It starts by introducing the setting, which is a classroom, and the narrator reveals himself as the teacher. He goes through all the things that have recently died...