Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs: Stories And Short Humor By Abner Serd

My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented a new kind of eyeglasses. He claims they let you see into the future ...

Around these parts, the best place to watch the fireworks is out by Lark's Meadow ...

My friend Wanda Farr is a location scout for a dream assembly unit. She travels all over the globe looking for exotic settings to serve as the backdrop for people's dreams ...

Do you remember a long time ago, when I told you about a very smart and curious young boy named Brian? He was always asking questions, like “why is the sky blue?” and “where does the sun go at night?” ...

My friend Flora Caprifolia is a Junior Vice President of Marketing Ploys at a company that manufactures excuses. I said “I suppose you have a good reason for working there ...”

My friend Miles Walker and I were hiking down along the Almanac River the other day. We followed the river from its headwaters up by Winter Springs all the way down to Summer Falls ...

Stanley Oliver Terrick was arguing with Elmer about Truth. He said “that's a lie! The Truth is not shaped like a pyramid – it's round like a ball, and it's mushy in the middle ...”

I saw my friend Stretch the other day. He was heading out of town on the Arcadian Road. I said “where are YOU going?” ...

Here's a fun little song for the younger kids ...

I saw my friend Seth Haitian the other day. He was standing on the beach, looking out to sea and waving his arms ...

My friend Paranoid Clara Boyd used to believe the Earth was actually some kind of super-size industrial washing machine, with its current load on spin cycle. But that was last week. She's moved on ...

This morning began without my knowledge or consent – although in retrospect, I suppose I should have seen it coming ...

My friend Esther Day is an historian. She specializes in researching very short term historical phenomena ...

Rose Bush was allergic to B's. Not really, of course. After all, a B is just a grade on a report card, and how can anybody be allergic to that? ...

My friend Vern Acular and I were traipsing along out on Wild Side the other day. We had no agenda, which is unusual, on account of Vern is always on the trail of some leafy beast or carnivorous vegetable ...

It was a cold, rainy morning. Even the rain itself seemed glum ...

My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented electric socks. He showed them to me one time. I said “they don't look very comfortable” ...

My friend Archie Meade is working on a new math problem: he's trying to calculate how much air there is ...

George Graffer and his sister Cora walked down the long gray corridor. Actually, George walked. Cora skipped. Occasionally, she hopped. Now and then, she turned a cartwheel ...

I saw my friend Stretch the other day, out on Wild Side Road. He had twigs in his hair, and his socks were covered in burrs, and he looked like he'd been left out overnight in the rain ...