In This Issue: Jake FreivaldIn This IssueWe love stories that show a sense of humor. Our second story this month, The Pony Spell by Garry McNulty, definitely shows a sense of humor — with a bit of a bite to it. Our Classic Flash is a sharp-witted vignette from the venerable Punch. Read more: HTML Flash 3/2012, #1: N. V. BinderSeedThe sky that year was brilliant yellow and red and orange from the dust — even at noon on a clear day, and they were all clear days. Huntsville was a big city then. The weather boom was economic, not meteorological.... Read more: HTML Flash 3/2012, #2: Garry McNultyThe Pony SpellI have no idea why my wife thought it was a good idea to fight with a witch over the last sweater on sale at Slattery’s Department Store. Frieda already owned two sweaters. Who needs more than two sweaters? Read more: HTML Classic Flash #55: Punch, September 3, 1887Salubrities AbroadStill at Royat. Hotel Continental. — A propos of Puller “airing his French” Miss Louisa Metterbrun said something delightful to him the other day at dinner. Puller had been instructing us all in some French idioms until Madame Metterbrun set him right in his pronunciation. He owned that he had made a slip. “But,” says he... Read more: HTML |