Posted July 20th, 2011 • 11 commentspermalink
SEX AND ROMANCE

He rolled over, started snoring. She punched his arm, woke him up. “You unromantic bastard.”

“You want sex and romance, Beth? You don’t want a man. You want a fucking candle.”

She waited till he fell asleep again, then cut off his cock with a pair of scissors.

 

SPAM

When Dave checked his emails he discovered he’d won the lottery. A rich uncle he’d never heard of had left him a fortune and someone from Nigeria wanted to give him a very generous commission for banking a shitload of money for them.  Dave burst into tears. After twenty years of nothing but bad luck, this was just wonderful. Maybe with a few million he could buy his way out of here and find a surgeon who could remove the transmitter from his brain.

 

BINGE

He started drinking at eleven in the morning, kept it up all day. Finally staggered home and rolled into bed about five a.m., waking his wife. She screamed. For ages. Then she snapped on the light and said, “Who the fuck are you?”

 

TWINS

The judge wiped his brow, and looked at the defendants. You didn’t see too many conjoined twins. Certainly not ones who were charged with armed robbery, one of whom was found guilty, the other innocent. The judge wiped his brow again while he figured out how to sentence the bastards.

 

KISS

“Give me a kiss, my princess.”

“Away and shite, you ugly fucking frog.”

 

FRECKLE

Geoff had a freckle. He rubbed it for seventy-three years and eventually it disappeared. Didn’t know what to do with himself then, the poor bastard.

About

Allan Guthrie is a writer, editor, and literary agent. “Fucking Liars” originally appeared on the site FLASHING IN THE GUTTERS. He runs a blog on digital crime fiction at http://criminal-e.blogspot.com

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  • McDroll

    oh dear….chuckle chuckle

  • http://www.facebook.com/ian.ayris Ian Ayris

    Brilliant. Loved the conjoined bank robbers. More than a dark hint of Bye, Bye, Baby in a few of these. And that’s a deep old mine, that one.

  • David Cranmer

    This was refreshing and unique. And yes, brilliant.

  • Anonymous

    Twins – that’s great. Like to see what happens next.

  • Sabrina Ogden

    hehehe… you’re funny.

  • Mike Miner

    Fast and furious. Like bullets. Very nice.

  • Ryan Sayles

    A series of one-liners and each one hit like a punch in the gut. Clever and well done.

  • John Kenyon

    So that’s what to do with the story starts that I never seem to get back to… if only mine were as sharp as yours, Al. Well done.

  • AJ hayes

    Ya just can’t go wrong with Allan Guthrie. Short to novel he’s got the juice plus. Liked ‘em all. LOVED, just plain LOVED Freckle. Thank you Mr. Guthrie.

  • Allan Guthrie

    Thanks for the great responses, folks! Delighted you enjoyed these wee fellas. A lot of fun to write. And a big thanks to Shotgun Honey for publishing them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=547377830 Paul D Brazill

    Brilliant!