creative-writing – tony espino

February 17, 2023

Who Wants To Be A Person? Ep. 2 Screech’s Woman

Todd sits in a booth alone at Ace Velocity’s Burgers and Burgers, eating a hot dog when a feisty lady (60s), slides in on the other side. He wipes a glob of chili off his chin and eyes up his new booth mate across from him. The lady removes a handful of strings from her…

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burgers, comedy, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, love, weird, Writing
January 21, 2023

Sometimes I Feel Weird [3]

Thoughts rattle around T.R.’s head. Each one some form of, “Who are you tonight?” He doesn’t care about the answer. Not really. The question itself isn’t very clear. A feeling of mistaken identity. Knowing something’s a bit off. Everything is a bit off.In the background, hypnotic music from a paused video game creates a creeping…

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art, creative-writing, flash fiction, magical realism, micro fiction, reading, short story, Writing
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…

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absurd, coffee, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, funny, sleep, surreal, Writing, zen
December 27, 2022

Sometimes I Feel Weird

“What happens to my memories when I die?”“Chill, T.R., why you always talking about us dying?” Willie doesn’t like talking about death. Not on these bike rides. These adventures. Or “chores” if you’re a stiff rule-abiding adult. To them these momentous occasions are just another thing on another list. Efficiency and speed being the motive…

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creative-writing, dark humor, death, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, memories, short stories, surreal, Writing
October 4, 2022

A Scene from Killmore Girls

Gory and her mom, Loveyoudie, stand in the kitchen. Loveyoudie polishes an antique serving tray. Gory stares out the window and watches two squirrels fight over a nut. She leans in to pay closer attention. The squirrels circle each other and unleash their fangs. Gory sighs as she reaches into a bowl of glass shards…

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comedy, creative-writing, dialogue, Fiction, flash fiction, gilmore girls, screenplay, sitcom, Writing, zen
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.…

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absurd, creative-writing, existentialism, Fiction, flash fiction, short stories, surreal, television, Writing
August 7, 2022

Endarkenment

a wire fell out of my head today. i couldn’t put it back in because I didn’t know what it went to. maybe it had something to do with last night. something seemed to have opened up in my universe. i met three strangers in the woods last night. it was there in the flickering…

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creative-writing, enlightenment, flash fiction, meditation, new age, spiritual, spirituality, tantra, Writing, yoga
March 18, 2022

Detached

I threw myself through the roof again. I do this whenever people are over. People I don’t like. This anti-social behavior is the only thing keeping me alive. Me as in whatever part of me that’s floating across the street, not that body thing back there. I don’t know what the hell’s keeping that alive.…

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astral, astral projection, chakras, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, out of body, reading, Writing

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