absurd – tony espino

January 4, 2023

Sometimes I Feel Weird [2]

Int. T.R.’s Bedroom – LaterT.R. tosses and turns in bed. The world is getting to him. Something is in his brain. In his bones. He turns to his side. Hears his heart beating through his ear. Rolls to his back. Feels his heart beating against the sheet. He kicks the sheets off and jumps out…

writing

absurd, coffee, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, funny, sleep, surreal, Writing, zen
December 21, 2022

Almost

There’s a moment when you look at the clock (the one right above your head on the wall) and for just a split second you notice a change. Your world literally stops for one brief moment. The second hand stops for a hair too long. And you notice it and you think, “I’ve done it.…

writing

absurd, flash fiction, imagination, short stories, time, work
September 7, 2022

Who Wants To Be A Person? – Episode 1? “Dancing to the Max”

Todd enters the kitchen through the back door to a round of applause. His wife, Clarissa, greets him, “How was work today?”Todd loosens his tie and begins vomiting in the sink. The studio audience erupts in laughter.“I need to get out of this stupid suit.”Todd removes his shirt and pants. The audience hoots and hollers.…

writing

absurd, creative-writing, existentialism, Fiction, flash fiction, short stories, surreal, television, Writing
January 23, 2022

a tale of a despondent dumpster muppet

Understand I used to have an identity. A reason for living. I was once a man with a certainty and knowledge not many possess in a lifetime. Someone who knew his place in this universe. A real rarity for collectors. I was, until recently, the most popular dumpster muppet on the planet. They handed me…

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absurd, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, micro fiction, muppet, reading, sci-fi, show business, Writing
January 19, 2022

Brains Are

brains are just like those squishy people you see when you dream right before your alarm goes off. they walk slow and weigh a ton. and they’re always in the way. it’s part of the whole thing. the whole damn package. someone ordered this thing. this me. probably from a place having a going out…

writing

absurd, brains, creative-writing, flash fiction, literature, micro fiction, reading, short fiction, surreal, Writing
January 9, 2022

The Beauty and Wilderness of the Finger

I open the freezer door. My pinky finger sits on ice. My hand looks like a mutilated glob of meat. Now people will stare at me like I’m some sort of mutant. Something I’m not used to. Being seen. I reach in and grab an ice pop.

writing

absurd, authors, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, micro fiction, poetry, reading, Writing
July 10, 2021

U.C. | Sasha & Yoyo in the Shapeshifting Factory

Sasha and Yoyo sneak through the corridors of the shapeshifting factory on the first floor that houses many strange creatures in prison-like cells. Each one a mad experiment designed by madder men. In one cell a donkey with explosive urine. In another the torso of a man attached to a rotating sphere of energy capable…

unthinkable cramps

absurd, art, comedy, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, humor, life, reality, short stort, surrealism, writers, Writing
July 7, 2021

Unthinkable Cramps | Murky.Dinner

Detective Hank Murky sits at the dinner table dripping blood into his meatloaf. His wife, Daisy, watches him as if waiting for a response. On both sides his twin 11 year old daughters, Emily and Rosinda, shout at him with excitement. Murky disappears behind his eyes. Their Golden Retriever, Pitbull, begs by his side. Emily’s…

unthinkable cramps

absurd, art, comedy, detective, Fiction, flash fiction, humor, murky, reality, surrealism, Writing

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