by James s F.
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February 26, 2006

Light Reading for Dark Days

October 29, 2012 10:18 AM UTC (Updated: March 03, 2013 01:10 PM UTC)
views: 0 | 3 people recommend this | comments: 7
It is time to offer something light to chase away the blues as the days grow colder and winter's chill settles in.
So, brew up a warm beverage, put on your favorite sweater and enjoy a smile or chuckle over the collection of fun and imaginative stories, including spoofs and puns, in "Joy's Galaxy of Fun!" 
......
- What if military recruiting Sergeants were free to express their opinions publicly? ....A humorous spoof of the Berkeley anti-military protests.
 
- What's an English as a Second Language teacher to do? Program cuts mean finding enough work to qualify for benefits is iffy at best ....But teaching aliens, E-T's, who may actually be here to conquer earth and eat our brains...?
 
- A super villain faces his greatest foe yet: bureaucracy ....I'm sorry, sir, but you've filed the wrong henchman liability form...
 
Anthology Builder has much more... including a monthly blog (feel free to link to that)
Buy a fun book, perhaps order several more copies as 'Christmas stocking stuffers,' I did!

Comments: 7

Zoe H. Oct 29, 2012, 10:54am UTC
the 2nd one with the ESL teachers is funny. too many aliens in America?
William M. Oct 29, 2012, 12:10pm UTC
Very interesting.
James s F. Nov 1, 2012, 12:21am UTC
Thanks! It was fun to see my story "Sergeant Gus And The Day Of Joy" included.
That story also appears in Soldier's Song.
James s F. Mar 11, 2013, 1:33am UTC
.. What's an English as a Second Language teacher to do? Program cuts mean finding enough work to qualify for benefits is iffy at best ....But,really? Teaching aliens, E-T's, who may actually be here to conquer earth and eat our brains...

--- Teachers' Lounge
James s F. Mar 12, 2013, 12:02am UTC
We’re out of French air space now, up in the lower stratosphere, just a few minutes out from the slingshot. It has a fancy name. Suborbital Lunar something-or-other. But what it really is is a floating ring of plasma and metal that plays games with relativity. You fly through the middle and—bang!—your velocity relative to the earth gets a kick in the pants, and you’re headed towards the moon ...

-----from Pastry Run
James s F. Mar 12, 2013, 12:02am UTC
of course it would be the French who would wish to deliver pastries to the space station!


James s F. Mar 25, 2013, 12:49am UTC
jeers and cheers greeted the sergeant as he stepped out onto the sidewalk. Glancing around, Gus saw that each group had been sequestered in its own spot by the Berkeley police. The Lezzes in Fezzes shook their signs angrily as they shouted “Marines Get Out!” Beyond them, the Feed The Earth Pullets Not Bullets protestors screamed through their feathers and rubber chicken beaks...
from - Sergeant Gus and the Day of Joy

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