Category: Fiction
These are short fictional stories. Some humorous, some dark. Some inbetween.
How Developers Feel Quoting Time
Published December 29, 2025
You:Â We have an urgent meeting, and I need you here in 30 minutes. Me:Â I can be there in an hour…
If a Household Were Run Like Congress
Published December 29, 2025
Dad: Good news little Johnny, I’ve talked your Grandma Congress into buying you a portable childhood vehicle system. Johnny: A bicycle?
The Toilet Paper wars: Orientation
Published January 7, 2024
At 9am sharp, she began. “You’re here because you value your future.” She paused from her podium. The new hires were gathered in an orientation room, each sitting at a desk with a company computer. “There are several documents in front of you. I encourage you to read through them carefully. Sign them, and you
The Toilet Paper Wars
Published October 27, 2023
I stepped off the bus, clutching my backpack close. I didn’t want anybody to get any bright ideas about what’s in my pack. “It’s just my laptop.” I would mutter, as the ravenous looks amplified. I approached my new workplace. I was lucky enough to be hired during this economy, so any job of any