Word-At-A-Time-Blog

To say absolute attention had been paid to the President’s final speech was an understatement.  Moments ago, during closing remarks on social reform, his voice had risen one octave, then another, like a boiling kettle. As his voice rose, his body vibrated, till all the Senators sat upright and stared open-mouthed – especially Senator Guthrie, … Read more

“If my theory is right,” Clorph The Elder yelled to his son below, “These yoghurt-filled diapers will defy gravity!” And with that, Clorph threw himself from the ramparts. Of course, he was wrong about gravity-defying properties of yoghurt-filled diapers, having failed to comprehend their wormhole creating properties. Rather than “defy gravity”, he accelerated sideways into … Read more

After breakfast, Malrong began painting his apartment. He’d done the same for 29 straight days, but today for some reason, he had a nagging feeling that maybe it was odd to take 30-odd days to paint a 1-bedroom apartment and be no closer to finishing that when he started. Still, he was a pensioner with … Read more