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Absurd Short Fiction

The Screaming Taco

A tale about a taco that screamed for 35 years straight.

Max N

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Once upon a time, there was a taco that screamed. No one wanted to eat it because of how loud it was. Its scream could blow out a thousand eardrums.

Food scientists from around the world tried to figure out what was making this taco scream. Not even the brightest in the field could figure it out. The taco screamed for the past 35 years.

It all started back in 1985 in a small town in New Mexico. There was a lady who had a craving for tacos. She wanted nothing else but tacos. She didn’t want air. She didn’t want water. She wanted tacos.

There was a small diner in town that served only tacos and waffles and they were open 3 days a week for 2 hours. The lady that had a craving for tacos went there for lunch one day and when the waitress gave her a taco, it screamed. The lady ran for her life and never wanted to encounter another taco again. The waitress didn’t know what to do with the taco so she just left it outside in hopes that a bunch of birds would eat it. The birds didn’t want anything to do with the taco either.

Since that day, the taco never stopped screaming. Everyone that lived in that once quiet little New Mexico town all moved out. They could’ve…

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