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THE FROG JOURNAL

Tag: fun fiction

  • The Castling of the King – The Pawn Ticket part 2

    The Castling of the King – The Pawn Ticket part 2

    The Castling of the King – The Pawn Ticket part 2 Tucker feels his pulse quicken, and his hands begin to tremble. He checks the pocket with the pawn ticket inside. It’s still there. Oddly, he is relieved. Patsy is watching him closely, as the wheels turn frantically in his mind. There is no way…

  • The Pawn Ticket – part one

    The Pawn Ticket – part one

    The Pawn Ticket – part one Tucker just finished picking up his dry cleaning. It is shortly after sunset and the sky is darkening rapidly. He is in a hurry tonight. So he drove, instead of walking. As he rounds the corner, one block away from his car, he collides with a running man. The…

  • The best of luck in a pinch

    The best of luck in a pinch

    The best of luck in a pinch Riley is dripping on the carpet. The door is open, but no one is there. This makes no sense because only moments ago, someone was banging on this door. He looks around the door jamb to the sidewalk outside. No one. In either direction. In fact, it’s almost…

  • The good luck charm and a new catch

    The good luck charm and a new catch

    The good luck charm and a new catch Help arrived. Just a few minutes after Riley fell into the sarcophagus. He would have made it until they could rescue him. However, what could only have been an aftershock, severed the thread he was dangling from. Some may think of a lucky rabbit’s foot, or a…

  • The beautiful plan in the mirror

    The beautiful plan in the mirror

    The beautiful plan in the mirror Now this is something. Lisa gazes intently at it. The box is small, but the thing in it, moves like it is from the bottom of the sea. Slow and deliberate. In fact, it looks almost like a sea star. And that is what she thought it was, at…

  • The allure of the open door

    The allure of the open door

    The allure of the open door Steven closes the door to the spare room, quietly. He locks the deadbolt and double checks to make sure. The appointment today wouldn’t take long. It was a necessary thing, or he would have cancelled it. He isn’t feeling it now. Furthermore, he is feeling frustrated to have to…

  • Lucky Pockets – Challenge of the naturals

    Lucky Pockets – Challenge of the naturals

    Lucky Pockets – Challenge of the naturals The dice tumble. They settle on something, and the crowd goes wild. Stan is watching, but he’s only watching the crowd. Since the reopening of the Easy Eight, the crowds have been staggering. In fact, he will likely break a record again tonight. The new tables are state…