fiction – Tales of a Tired Daddy

Houseplant

The moment she set it on his desk, he looked up from the laptop, glared at it, and said, “Don’t put that there.” She scowled down at him, hand hovering near the plant. “I don’t have anywhere else to put it.” He looked up at her. “You still don’t, now put it somewhere else.” SheContinue reading “Houseplant”

Spaceship

The cryotube hissed open, releasing a gout of steam, and he sat up, blinking groggily. Fortunately, the same computer that had so rudely woken him up was considerate enough to keep the lights dim to give his eyes a chance to adjust, but still, it had interrupted a marvelous dream that now swiftly faded away,Continue reading “Spaceship”

Paranoid

“I’m not paranoid!” Neil snapped, annoyed at the man walking next to him. “I know what you’re thinking, and I don’t care! Does that sound paranoid to you?” His companion kept his opinion to himself and kept going. He was the epitomy of long-suffering patience, his once square jaw gone rounded and his temples gray.Continue reading “Paranoid”

Excerpt from “My Fantastic Life” by President Donald J. Trump: An Autobiography written by the 45th President of the United Staits, Donald J. Trump

Everyone cheered when I came out on the balcony and waved. It was the biggest gathering on the south lawn since my fantastic inauguration, which was huge and had more people at it than any other inauguration in the history of the united shtaitches. Even Barack Obama didn’t get more people than that, ever. ItContinue reading “Excerpt from “My Fantastic Life” by President Donald J. Trump: An Autobiography written by the 45th President of the United Staits, Donald J. Trump”