Tag Archives: Humor

F is for Fabulist

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Madame Paradox

Is anyone concerned about this news that the earth may be running out of chocolate? I don’t want to seem dramatic about it but I’m not sure life is worth living without chocolate. Now, I know what you’re thinking, But Madame … Continue reading →

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Day 17, Somebody Get Me a Valium With a Michael Phelps Chaser

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Madame Paradox

The story of young Beauregard Fritzen’s road to the Olympics is a bumpy one. On the boy’s eighth birthday Pocko, his turtle and only friend, was struck down by polio. At age twelve, Fritzen’s neighbor’s milkman was blinded in one … Continue reading →

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News of My Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Madame Paradox

Hello my online pals. This is going to be short. I wanted to let you all know I am decidedly not dead, although occasionally lying in a pool of my own disoriented drool. Have you missed me? No doubt you … Continue reading →

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In Which Madame Paradox Dives Off A Cliff

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Madame Paradox

As a general rule the David clan is not what one would call outdoorsy. We don’t hunt buffalo, or jog, things of that nature. As you can see from the adorably undead pallor in my bio photo I don’t go … Continue reading →

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Mr. M.

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Madame Paradox

“Here’s your dinner Mr. M.,” the nurse’s aide said. She wore a My Name is Brandi tag on her pink uniform. “Brandi of the Billings High School Basement,” I said. “Might you have a pitcher of Hippocras hiding in the … Continue reading →

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Step Aside Angelina, He’s Mine

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Madame Paradox

Apparently it is award season here on the interwebs. Not something as pedestrian as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, mind you. No friends, I mean award season in the land of blogs, and I have been given the Liebster … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Paradoxia, Leave Your Valentines at the Door

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Madame Paradox

I saw a Whitman’s Sampler heart discarded on the asphalt this weekend. Obviously someone’s pre-valentine’s binging has gotten out of hand. Is it any wonder? No holiday short of New Year’s has more pressure and expectation dripping off its hungry … Continue reading →

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How To Win Friends And Influence People

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Madame Paradox

New Year’s greetings, friends. I haven’t posted any fiction in a while. My twitter pal @ChrisGNguyen sent me a link to a flash fiction challenge using a photo prompt. (You know how much I love those photo prompts.) I must … Continue reading →

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Where Is My Popeil Latke Maker?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Madame Paradox

A Xmas pub crawl seems to have taken over my neighborhood. Hipsters wearing Santa Suits and elf costumes are collecting on street corners. First they fall down drunk then shout to their Mrs Claus counterparts about what bar to hit … Continue reading →

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It’s No Zombie Apocalypse, But I Have Some Concerns…

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Madame Paradox

Don’t get me wrong I’m a big fan of technology from way back. Electricity is extremely handy. Owning a phone does cut back on all that shouting out of windows. I might even get call waiting one of these days. … Continue reading →

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