By Chris Carr <carrcmh@yahoo.co.uk>
Rating: G
Submitted: November 2001
Summary: Two twenty-five word fanfics that were written in answer to a challenge Cookie posted on Zoomway's message boards.
Introduction: These two pieces were written in answer to a challenge Cookie posted on Zoomway's mbs. The remit: to write a fanfic of twenty-five words. (Consequently, this introduction is longer than either of the stories, themselves! :) )
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Terse Tale I
"Jonathan…" <Sobs>
"Martha…" <Sobs>
"I can't have kids."
"But I still love you."
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"Martha…"
"Jonathan…?"
"Look — a spacecraft!"
"And a baby! Let's adopt!"
"Good idea."
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Terse Tale II
"It's amazing, Lois."
"What is, Clark? That Carlin's Luthor's ex?"
"No."
"That she's evil?"
"No."
"That I'm not insane?"
"No."
"What?"
"Jimmy's had plastic surgery."
THE END