Monday, April 27, 2026

8-Bit Battle Royale

8BBR is a new cross-platform Battle Royale videogame developed by stv2049 studios, drawing inspiration from the pedigree of classic and modern games:

Venture 

Archon 

- Spy Vs. Spy

- Realm of the Mad God

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Candy Combo Shower Shuffle Dragon City GO!

Friends gather in a dorm room to play a new mobile videogame.

Their neighbor accesses the shared jack-and-jill bathroom to take a shower but forgets to lock the adjoining door.

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Seed Bug

Looks like an oat seed; turns into a crawling, flying bug.

It crawled along my hands as I showed it to a small child.

A group of older kids performed a synchronized gymnastics routine. Another group of kids shuffled towards them, one colliding with the runners.

Friday, April 24, 2026

Rigged Poetry

There’s a bakery in downtown Cat Hollow that holds a poetry contest each year, sponsored by the chamber of commerce.

Suspiciously, the winner is always one of their longest-standing customers.

It’s no secret that the bakery is actually a dispensary.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Sunset On Sunset

Bouncing a rainbow super ball super high on the sidewalk, then chasing it down the steep street is interrupted by leaf blowers.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Pool Slumber Party

For two nights in a row we came home to find pool water tracked into the house, on the brown carpet near the sliding glass door leading out to the back porch.

We quietly and carefully searched each room but found no other traces of intruders.

On the third night, the sliding glass door was left open, and searching an upstairs bedroom revealed that the intruders had barricaded the door from the inside with mattresses, trapping themselves inside.

They turned out to te the next door neighbors kids.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Every Screw In My Tennis Racket Was Loose

so I tightened each one with my ratcheting socket screwdriver.

Also, I dislike whenever I type three ‘.’s and they are replaced by ‘…’; it’s annoying.

Chinese Wartime Proclimation

Some kinda purple skull laser beam enemy chase, then ambush to repel them.

Relocating homework to a different deck of the cruise ship.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Friends With Words

I invented a new word game, but struggled to find a suitable name for it, seeing as the best descriptive titles including ‘word’, or ‘letter’, were already taken by other games.

I invented a new word for the game, “Squiddle”, and adopted a smiling squid as the game’s mascot. It can write words with a quill and its own ink.

Friday, April 17, 2026

Tic-Tac-Toe Bunsen Burners

It’s been my job to keep them lit for 30 years.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Chinese Holiday

A new Beijing game show has contestants speeding between locations in go karts, then participating in 100-player trivia and Simon says eliminations.

Winners earn enough money to shop at nearby restaurants and novelty shops for 10 minutes before moving on to the next location.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Someone Else’s Captured Memories

A gap-toothed girl with wild red hair.

A birthday present of a view across a lake.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Prefixes

NAIWPOADBULN.
IWTTBWEAHTMWASAHPDMPTP.
“AWO,A,AAP,” HS, AHSPOTTS.
“WAP?” IA.
“IK.”

Elements & Motifs

Vegas.

Uncarpeted spiral staircase.

High five.

Out of order videogame.

Lost $1,000 bet.

Someone else did it too.

Loudspeaker congratulating graduates.

Suitcase contents strewn about.

Empty guard chairs.

In a hotel.