Experiments in Creative Writing Episode 1 (W/Guest Writer Lindsay Thompson)

Hello Readers,

Well, here it is: The very first post of 2012.  It's not a Dirty Larry comic, but don't worry, Larry will be showing up very soon.

Today we have a special guest writer, Lindsay Thompson.

I should give some background to the story.  We were sitting in a coffee shop when Lindsay looks up from her schoolwork and says "What should I do now?"

I look up from my own work and respond "write a story about a magical penguin cult."

And that's exactly what she did:

The Tale of the Magic Penguin Cult of Missouri

By Lindsay Thompson

 

Once upon a time there lived a cult of magic penguins, high up in the trees of exotic Missouri.  They drank purple Kool-Aid and only listened to Sigur Ros. An emperor penguin named Miguel once suggested listening to Death Cab for Cutie. He was fed to the snaggle-toothed Smaarf that lived below.

One day, a salesman squirrel visited the Missouri penguin cult. He wanted to join the group, and after much conferring, they allowed him to drink the Kool-Aid. They didn’t realize that he wasn’t really a squirrel at all, but a monkey assassin dressed in a squirrel suit, sent by the U.S. Government. In the dark of the night, he killed all the penguins with nothing but a toothpick and a red balloon.

There is no longer a cult of magic penguins high up in the trees of exotic Missouri.

The End