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“It’s not ‘kick you in the face’ spicy”, she says before turning towards me. “What does that even mean?” She adds. Still, I can’t take my eyes off of the dollar signs on that big red sign. It reads “$$Hot… Continue Reading →
“It’s not kick-you-in-the-face spicy, it’s: fire-breathing-dragon-guzzling-gasoline spicy.” Well that’s certainly an interesting subject line. I thought, immediately captivated by the colorful vocabulary. As a successful food critic, I naturally received hundreds of emails per day of restaurant owners requesting I… Continue Reading →
October“It’s not, ‘kick you in the face’ spicy, it’s more of a rising tension then boom kind of spicy.” As I was discussing various details of the new romance novel I’m reading, there he was, the most beautiful person I… Continue Reading →
It’s not kick you in the face spicy,It’s slap you upside the head feisty.The little round soldier first attacked the throat,Charging across a fiery moat,Bringing all the heat, any one could musterCausing the complexion surely to flusterThe tears begin to… Continue Reading →
“It’s not kick you in the face spicy,” my brother said in a joking tone when eating the meat my father always brought back from his hunts. I was having the same dream every night about my family and that… Continue Reading →
It’s not kick you in the face spicy,But it sure as hell ain’t mild.It’s up around the hellfire range,But not so raw defiled.It’ll punch you in the ****,And then laugh to see you cry.You’ll be sweating, you’ll be sickYou’ll be… Continue Reading →
It’s not kick you in the face spicy, but more a flaming crisp of fate. Not even the bitterness of reality can protect you from the flares of wrath. Revenge is a delicate thing, a prowess only to be overcome… Continue Reading →
“It’s not kick you in the face spicy, but its a little hot” I said as I took another bite of my dinner in hopes of getting my friend to try it. It was wing night at our favorite restaurant… Continue Reading →
“It’s not kick you in the face spicy,”it’s just not broke like the farmer stated those decades ago,its years of livestock labor,it’s not malicious anymore,its heels are cooled until the perfect moment,its moment is never wasted,its weight transfers side to… Continue Reading →
Welcome back to another year of Street Snippets. We’ve been at it since 2015, so that makes it our seventh year. Thanks for joining the community of authors contributing stories each month. As a reminder, when you submit a story… Continue Reading →
“Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel!” I said, looking down at my knees. “I thought I just had tendonitis!” But all these years, the pain was inconsistent. It came and went, it then… Continue Reading →
“Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel!” Ricky shouted out. “Then I guess I am the main character of this chapter because I have it and I can’t keep running with all this money!”… Continue Reading →
“Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel,” silence filled the room.“What…?” Haden asked hesitantly, almost afraid of the answer as he grabbed a book off the shelf and sat down on the plush beanbag.“Gout,”… Continue Reading →
“Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel!”A sentence that would surely leave some in a writing debacle.A winding skyscraper that is quite hard to topple.Some consider it impossible to tackle a writing task this… Continue Reading →
Journal entry 236, week 112 Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel, But apparently it’s also something you can get in a zombie apocalypse. It’s been two years since the outbreak, and it’s become… Continue Reading →
“Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel. You’ve just got a twisted ankle.” Will’s boyfriend, while training for his next marathon, had twisted his ankle. Luckily for Nick, Will was a trained doctor and… Continue Reading →
“Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel,” Tennant said. “It’s worse… It’s far worse than gout,” I say. It has been dubbed “The Noise” by the public. They say that once you hear the… Continue Reading →
“Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel!” Severe pain, redness, swelling to the joints. All symptoms that you can get with gout. You may experience them suddenly while you are asleep. During the attack,… Continue Reading →
Fast Lies, Slow Truth Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel.Arthritis is something you get if you’re in a Disney movie.You’ll get blisters if you’re a character in a Verne novel.And if you find… Continue Reading →
Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel. Gouge yourself on things only rich men can afford,Fill your halls with more gluttonous treasures than your peers could ever knowAnd pay the price for your consumption… Continue Reading →