Toasted Cake is running an excellent narration of my story The Choir Invisible, first appearing at Kasma.
Kasma's latest offering is an excellent story called Nuclear Family which should be on everyone's holiday reading list.
And this bit of fruitcake also appeared 2 years ago on the Drabblecast forum:
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Frankenberry
by Anatoly Belilovsky
“I don’t care how nice it is,” said the Inspector. “It’s still a transgenic recombinant product. Frankenfood. I have to take it away to be incinerated.”
“But…” the farmer sputtered. “It’s so sweet! So…”
“Large,” the Inspector said. “It’s a single, five-hundred-pound strawberry. I’m sorry. You know the law.”
“I got friends!“ the farmer threatened.
“I got a warrant,” said the Inspector.
The farmer sighed. “How can you do this to a beautiful fruit like this? Tell me – I’d really like to know what you think - ”
The Inspector shrugged. “I’ve come to seize your berry, not to praise it.”
“But…” the farmer sputtered. “It’s so sweet! So…”
“Large,” the Inspector said. “It’s a single, five-hundred-pound strawberry. I’m sorry. You know the law.”
“I got friends!“ the farmer threatened.
“I got a warrant,” said the Inspector.
The farmer sighed. “How can you do this to a beautiful fruit like this? Tell me – I’d really like to know what you think - ”
The Inspector shrugged. “I’ve come to seize your berry, not to praise it.”
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