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ThePenguin
Peter Budvietas 

New Zealand, Auckland
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I recall...
“I remember you driving a 2008 Mercedes-Benz.”...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:wee challenge|  Updated:13-05-08
Words:51|  Comments:2|  Status:Public

We interrupt
“We interrupt our regular broadcast to bring you the following bulletin on the latest sightings of...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:wee challenge|  Updated:13-05-08
Words:23|  Comments:5|  Status:Public

Keys
She stood at her apartment building's doorway, her thighs squeezing together,hoping for a few...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:wee challenge|  Updated:12-05-08
Words:114|  Comments:19|  Status:Public

Liquid
A tiny drop. Not even a drop,a droplet. Colourless, odourless, tasteless....
Flash Fiction|  Genre:wee challenge|  Updated:04-05-08
Words:128|  Comments:4|  Status:Public

Warning signs?
“Death – The Devil – Gloria Mundi," the tarot reader said, turning over the three cards -...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:Wee Challenge|  Updated:30-04-08
Words:61|  Comments:8|  Status:Public

Flash Fiction???
When I did a creative writing course, we had these sessions where we were supposed to critique each...
Blogs|  Genre:On Writing|  Updated:23-04-08
Words:489|  Comments:12|  Status:Public

Departure
“Death – The Devil – Gloria Mundi,” the tarot reader told Jack as she turned over the three...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:Wee challenge|  Updated:23-04-08
Words:61|  Comments:10|  Status:Public

Boys At Play
"Last hand for the night?" Paul asked, and grunts of acceptance came from all round the table. He looked at the pile of chips stacked in front of him. "My Button - Texas Hold'em, limited stakes - two...
Short Stories|  Genre:Humour?|  Updated:12-12-07
Words:1504|  Comments:9|  Status:Reader

The Bathtub Test
You might have seen in in the bulletins, my little prodder called
Blogs|  Updated:11-11-07
Words:244|  Comments:7|  Status:Public

The Afghan
“Is there a future?” I ask the air as I stare into the last few drops of wine. I smile as a...
Short Stories|  Genre:KWSChallenge|  Updated:09-11-07
Words:254|  Comments:12|  Status:Public

The Limits of Love
“Do you love me?” he asks....
Short Stories|  Genre:Ummmm....|  Updated:09-11-07
Words:149|  Comments:17|  Status:Public

Poisoned Chalice
His grey robe merged with the shadows; his cowl covered his white face. Father Fidelis frowned at...
Short Stories|  Genre:Ummm|  Updated:01-11-07
Words:150|  Comments:10|  Status:Public

Prologue from "The Last Dragon
The Mouse King sat on his bony throne...
Short Stories|  Genre:Children's|  Updated:22-09-07
Words:212|  Comments:5|  Status:Reader

Guns In The Night
It was all Jack Kerouac??s fault. Or maybe it was the zeistgeist, and the desire to be part of...
Creative Non-Fiction|  Updated:18-05-07
Words:844|  Comments:12|  Status:Reader

Cosmogeny ' Part 2
In part 1, I postulated that there is a Pluriverse consisting of three Universes. (See Cosmogeny - Part 1) The first is the...
Essays|  Updated:09-04-07
Words:706|  Comments:10|  Status:Public

City Smells
??Home!? Don cried out as they left the international terminal. Gina, his wife and best friend, smiled. ??Just a few more minutes, and we??ll be home. You looked so tired getting on that last plane.?...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:04-04-07
Words:493|  Comments:24|  Status:Reader

Cosmongeny - Part 1
Cosmogeny: Theories on how the Universe came into existence, but, more importantly, where it is...
Essays|  Genre:Beliefs|  Updated:04-04-07
Words:795|  Comments:14|  Status:Public

!EVIL - LIVE!
A drop of blood. That??s all it takes. Then, until otherwise decided, you have everything you could possibly want. Wealth, fame, long life? the list is as long as your imagination and desires can make...
Short Stories|  Genre:Unknown|  Updated:26-03-07
Words:5529|  Comments:17|  Status:Reader

Dreaming
I close my eyes, and there I find...
Poetry|  Genre:Ponderings...|  Updated:14-03-07
Words:138|  Comments:10|  Status:Reader

99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall'
With my reader list passing 120. I am flattered by the fact that more than 95% of those people are...
Essays|  Genre:On EditRed|  Updated:13-03-07
Words:753|  Comments:13|  Status:Public

For Teri
It's Rhode Island Red for dinner...
Poetry|  Genre:Tribute|  Updated:08-03-07
Words:158|  Comments:14|  Status:Public

Boring Old Fart!
I sit here, perusing one empty page...
Poetry|  Genre:doggerel|  Updated:27-02-07
Words:186|  Comments:11|  Status:Public

Wabi-Sabi Murder
Red blood, black on white,...
Poetry|  Genre:Challenge|  Updated:23-02-07
Words:17|  Comments:12|  Status:Public

Sodas!
Gerry was one of my best friends at school and through my first attempt at university. I helped him...
Creative Non-Fiction|  Genre:kinda autobiographical|  Updated:22-02-07
Words:1198|  Comments:12|  Status:Public

Marguerite and Armand (updated)
??It??s so sad,? she said, dabbing her eyes with the paper napkin as he placed the cappuccino before her. ??What is?? he asked, knowing it was a mistake as soon as the words came out of his mouth. He...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:Dialogue Challenge|  Updated:17-02-07
Words:467|  Comments:13|  Status:Public

Untitled Novel Extract (1)
Oh, I know, I haven??t been around the Broken Barrow Inn for a while. What is it? Two years since I...
Prose|  Genre:Novel Extract|  Updated:15-02-07
Words:1787|  Comments:8|  Status:Reader

Multiple Submissions (Part 2)
Chris asked: ??If I have submitted a piece to a publisher, but then have found another publisher...
Essays|  Updated:15-02-07
Words:725|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Multiple Submissions'
Out of fairness to the people who might be paying you, you should not do multiple submissions,...
Essays|  Genre:On Writing|  Updated:14-02-07
Words:543|  Comments:7|  Status:Public

Don Juan's Final Conquest.
Don Juan grinned as she looked him straight in the eye, her hand stretching towards him. His dark...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:Challenge|  Updated:06-02-07
Words:199|  Comments:14|  Status:Public

PJ's, Negligees, Naked Facts.
When the mood is just right,...
Poetry|  Genre:Humour|  Updated:29-01-07
Words:68|  Comments:8|  Status:Reader
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