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https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2024He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream, and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish, but as fish tend to live in the sea rather than in a skiff, he really had only himself to blame. - Sam Wallington, London, England
Cthulhu awoke from loathsome dreams of gangrenous decay and the foul stench of congealing viscera, lifting his pulpy, misshapen head to find what foolish supplicant had roused him to yet another age of fear and creeping dread, but found his bloodthirst unslaked, having been brought to consciousness not by horror-filled screams of human sacrifice but by his little sister’s overly dramatic wail of “Cthulhu’s touching me!” from her side of the family station wagon’s back seat. - Eric Williamson, Nine Mile Falls WA
Shrieking with revulsion, Glurch spewed spoiled zerps all over the cantina and immediately demanded to see the manager, who, he warned, better not give him any beak unless he fancied a blaster hole through his egg sack. - Joel Phillips, West Trenton, NJ
Durango knew the townsfolk were all peaceful, simple farmers, knew none of them could shoot a gun, knew Chaga's murderous gang was on its way, and knew defeating them was all but hopeless—but Durango also knew he had to stay, because he was moral, and he was brave, and he wasn't very bright. - Mark Meiches, Dallas TX