Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Bagels or toast?

Denise Haversack, 46, municipal ribbon untangler

Allegedly residing at 83 Buttered Cul-de-Sac, Harrisburg, PA

Toast. A bagel makes breakfast feel like a jaw-strengthening exercise sponsored by cream cheese.

Percival Lunt, 62, retired supermarket misting-system consultant

Allegedly found at 211 Pumpernickel Annex, Toledo, OH

Bagels. Toast is just bread that has been frightened into becoming brittle.

Claudia Fennel, 35, freelance waiting-room magazine curator

Allegedly located at 9 Crumbly Outlook Terrace, Madison, WI

Toast. Bagels require slicing, spreading, and commitment. I am trying to keep breakfast emotionally casual.

Flash

WTF?

1 year Biff Scuzzy 50-Word Stories, Brevity is the Soul, flash fiction, Micro Satire

A baby curiously touching a man's face while he lies on grass. — “All I did was click the box for pepperoni.”

The box I checked while ordering pizza online was for extra pepperoni, supposedly. Now I’m getting daily updates on cryptocurrency, cat yoga, artisanal soap, Bolivian tree frogs, mindfulness for toddlers, and gluten-free taxidermy. My inbox is a landfill of lifestyles I never chose, curated by algorithms with a god complex.

***Faster than a speeding gummy, able to leap small buildings at a single bound Flash Fiction is a guaranteed page turner.

📬 Subscribe to Our Newsletter