Caleb Echterling

Thanks @VirtualZine for publishing my wee story full of intentionally crappy slash also kinda awesome poetry. If you've been hoping to read a poem that rhymes 'mauve' with 'Yuri Andropov', today is your lucky day. bit.ly/2Zhhv2i

Yes! A box from his publisher filled with copies of Mike’s novel! But what’s on the back cover?! Insulting quotes from famous authors? “Mike couldn’t find his ass with a map.” “Mike’s so poor ducks throw bread at him.” Aw man, those idiots got burns instead of blurbs. #vss365

@PatchieSteve 🙏😁

@CalebEchterling 😂

The 8th grade history textbook is already full. But history keeps happening. To save space, all 19th century US Vice Presidents are now a composite character named Lumpy McWhitebread. “Even the ones who became for reals famous as lion tamers or whatnot?” “All of ‘em!” #vss365

@WindwalkerWrite Thanks 😊

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“Doctor, please help! I’ve got a terrible pain in my xertz.” “Oh you’re a terrible pain in the xertz alright.” “Hey, I’m paying for the office visit. I should get to say the punchline.” “Ha! Not with your crappy insurance. It only covers set ups.” #vss365

Janet anticipated questions about the Hegelian dialectic from her dissertation committee. She had a ready response. “Let’s do Hegel! Hegel, Hegel, bo-begel, banana finifugal...” “Hold up,” said a committee member. “Isn’t mangling ‘The Name Game’ a Nietzschean analysis?” #vss365

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@CalebEchterling 👏👏👏

Lewis is charged with homicide, regicide, episcopicide, barmecide, jaywalking, and counterfeiting pennies. “Don’t worry,” his lawyer says. “They always throw in a fake charge to keep us on our toes. You kill a bishop?” “I dunno, probably.” “Eh, guess that one’s legit.” #vss365

@derickijohnson Thanks 😁

@CalebEchterling Wonderful!👍👏

Controversy surrounds the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Dirty Limericks. “Rhyming ‘colporteur’ with ‘Cole Porter’ is basically rhyming a word with itself,” a leading dirty limerick scholar scrawls on a stall in the men’s loo at Trinity College library. #vss365

@EdHaiku575 I know! Trespassing was a casualty of the 280 character limit ☹️

@derickijohnson Thanks 😊

@CalebEchterling Hilarious!😄👍👏

@250Fiction Thanks 😁

@CalebEchterling Heh 💙

@_Irene_Dreams_ Thanks 😁

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Amid the carnage of the casual dining sector, one chain conjures a cash cow. Chili’s launches the Chiliad, where waitstaff recite Homer’s epic poem, with a side potato salad. Rivals rush to market copy-cats. “Dammit, I wanna see TGIFridyssey by yesterday you nitwits.” #vss365

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@CalebEchterling 👌👌👌

Paul hires a fox to guard the henhouse, a biblioklept to shelve library books, and Hamburglar to work the drive-thru. “Well this is a fucking disaster,” Paul says. “One of you is getting turned into a trite cliche.” “Don’t look at me, I’m trademarked,” Hamburglar says. #vss365

@_Irene_Dreams_ 😊🙏

@CalebEchterling 😁👏

A kick-ass 75 word story from @JaniceLeagra that I love because it leaves the puzzle unsolved for the reader. paragraphplanet.com

@rachelnewcombe8 💙

Another great micro from @CalebEchterling