The Shadows Know
Billy hated mimes. He loved poking fun at (shadowing) them until one day a vindictive mime replaced Billy’s shadow with a copy of his. After… Read More
Lifting a satirical leg on pop culture since 2004
Most articles, books, movies, TV shows, and foreplay are twice as long as they need to be. Therefore, Postcards from the Pug Bus is devoted to promoting flash fiction. If you ask ten different people what flash fiction is, you’ll get twelve different answers. At the Pug Bus all of our flash-fiction pieces are fifty words: full stop.
Billy hated mimes. He loved poking fun at (shadowing) them until one day a vindictive mime replaced Billy’s shadow with a copy of his. After… Read More
Jeffrey, trying not to make a sound, stumbled into the sofa in the darkened living room. Suddenly a small dog started barking insanely. “Wait,” he… Read More
“Bless me father for I have sinned.” “And who hasn’t?” “It’s been four months since my last confession.” “Did you break a leg?” “Uh, no… Read More
White Küntz (the umlaut didn’t fool anybody, Skippy); Bedhead OG (woke and broke); Pwr Bttm (lost its power when the band did); Tim Tebow Reserve… Read More
“It’s never too late to begin healthy eating,” explained prison dietician Dieter Volk. “A prisoner’s last meal should not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.” Henceforth,… Read More
The insistence by certain pitiable malcontents that gender is fluid raises an interesting possibility. Why stop at gender? Why shouldn’t age be fluid, too? Be creative.… Read More
A godlike presence whose eyes stare in judgement on a sinful world. A near-sighted sumbitch who doesn’t see eye-to-eye with anybody. A minor character with… Read More