Two Terse Tales

By Chris Carr <carrcmh@yahoo.co.uk>

Rating: G

Submitted: November 2001

Summary: Two twenty-five word fanfics that were written in answer to a challenge Cookie posted on Zoomway's message boards.

Introduction: These two pieces were written in answer to a challenge Cookie posted on Zoomway's mbs. The remit: to write a fanfic of twenty-five words. (Consequently, this introduction is longer than either of the stories, themselves! :) )

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Terse Tale I

"Jonathan…" <Sobs>

"Martha…" <Sobs>

"I can't have kids."

"But I still love you."

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"Martha…"

"Jonathan…?"

"Look — a spacecraft!"

"And a baby! Let's adopt!"

"Good idea."

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Terse Tale II

"It's amazing, Lois."

"What is, Clark? That Carlin's Luthor's ex?"

"No."

"That she's evil?"

"No."

"That I'm not insane?"

"No."

"What?"

"Jimmy's had plastic surgery."

THE END