Russell Gayer, author speaker
They say you are what you eat. The same hold true for your brain. From an early age, I fed mine a steady diet of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Looney toons, and that thrilling test pattern that appeared when TV stations logged off the air.
Fractured Fairy Tales was one of my favorites. The premise is easy to imagine. You simply take a classic fairy tale and add a twist. Imagine what you could do with characters such as Snow Not-So-White, Blondilocks and the Three Gray Hairs. In the comments, please leave the title of a Fractured Fairy Tale you’d like to read.
If you’re new to Friday Flash Fiction, the fractured mime who runs this program is Shelley Kohlen Wisoff-Fields. If you’d like to participate in this exercise in madness, head over to her blog for step-by-step instructions. To view the FFF Hollywood Squares Authors Block click here.
*the above is a fractured version of the short story, The Perils of Heavy Thinking from the book by the same title.
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That sounds worse than driving while being black
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Very similar, only the cops don’t put their knee on your neck. They put it on your cranium.
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I have a theory that everyone’s IQ drops by 30 points as soon as they get behind the wheel of a vehicle. This would leave most people completely incapable of thought, which is easily proved by watching people drive… As to fractured fairy tales, well, since this is a family blog, I won’t bring up any titles 😉
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I would tend to agree. Who knows about Eric. I suspect whatever he was thinking about had nothing to do with driving.
I imagine fractured fairy tales could also include some X-rated titles. 🙂
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Creative!! As for Fractured Fairy Tales, how bout Bumbi…the little deer with a bum leg 🙂
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Bumbi works for me. He could also stand on the corner and panhandle with one leg in a cast.
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Boris and Natasha too.
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And don’t forget Snidely Whiplash.
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I seem to run the risk of getting run over every time I take a walk due to thoughtless drivers. However, I do think the brain-wave test should be given to most people to be sure they actually have brains. 😀 (Present company excluded, of course!)
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I can tell you without reservation that there are many here in the U.S. who are as empty-headed as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz.
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A whole new meaning to the ‘thought police’!
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Every good policition knows people should not be allowed to think. Only those in government are entitled to that privilege
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Hah! Best to keep that noggin free and clear of any and all thoughts!
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That’s my motto as well, Dale.
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Hahaha!!
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How about thought-free living? Any problem with that?
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Sounds blissful, Perry.
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Dear Snidely Whiplash,
I’m convinced that most people drive without a though in their hollow heads. We see them with their cell phones plastered to their ears or putting on makeup using the rearview mirror. (A mime would never do that. 😉 )
Now off to find Moose and Squirrel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE
Shalom,
Shelley Kohlen W(T)F
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Dear Shelley Kohlen W(T)F,
I pretty sure mimes invented texting. This happened long before cellphones and it was often difficult to understand what they were trying to say (damn autocorrect!). Where is your fractured fairy tale? I was sure you’d come up with a real winner.
Off to tie Nell to the railroad tracks,
Snidely Whiplash
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Oops. How about Goldilocks and the Three Bores? The story of a little girl who flees The Big Bad Virginia Woolf only to be taken in by three science professors. The chemistry between them is non-existent. However, she finds them, collectively, to be an excellent sedative. She curls up in the shortest professor’s sleep-number bed with his My Pillow, thus having the best sleep of her life.
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I really like this premise. Why don’t you incorporate it in a future flash fiction?
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I would tell you what I thought about this story but I’m worried I might have to take a course of thought-free blogging!
My story!
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Are you implying that you actually THINK when you write these posts?
The Thought Police are on their way to your house.
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Well, I THINK I liked it … but perhaps I better not? 😉
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Yes, you should forget such a crazy notion.
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LOL
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The state does not encourage independent thinking. Not at all. Enjoyed this satire, Russell.
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That’s true. If they want your opinion, they’ll tell you what it is.
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damn if you do, damn if you don’t. some drive without thinking and still they get a ticket. 🙂
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Some days you just can’t win.
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I enjoyed reading this, perhaps modern life has made robots of us all.
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Yes, but you’re the only one wearing armor. I salute you for that!
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“Driving Without Thinking” would perhaps explain the many drivers in my corner of PA who drive without blinking. No turn signals until they have nearly completed the turn. Well, thanks, Bubba, that was helpful 🙂
I’ll tell you a fairy tale I’d like to see fractured–Rapunzel. Why on earth did she let that idiot prince climb up her hair without providing for a way to get back down? Duh.
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Rapunzel sounds a lot like Repulsive, don’t you think? Maybe you could write something that’s a beauty and the beast story in reverse. 🙂
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Or maybe I could get Zing and Zang involved 🙂
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Tinderella – a modern day Cinderella on Tinder. Only, she’s not looking for a prince, but someone more interesting and multi-faceted 🙂
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Maybe she’s looking for a talking frog. One of those would be a lot cooler than a prince.
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Modern women don’t want princes or frogs.
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Is this a case of distracted thinking?
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They may have over-thought this a bit.
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