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Unserious postmodern paintings.
Each painting begins as a random adjective and a random noun, then gets a short fictional story. A new one is published automatically every thirty minutes.
Gallery
1735 paintings · newest firstThe Extremely Unofficial Oropendola
extremely unofficial oropendola
The oropendola had been declared 'extremely unofficial' by the Ministry of Avian Affairs after failing to file Form 7B-δ for seasonal nesting…
The Lovingly Obsolete Tinkerbird
lovingly obsolete tinkerbird
The tinkerbird had not sung in seventeen years, not since the last watchmaker who understood its inner gears retired to the coast.…
The Mildly Haunted Brant
mildly haunted brant
The brant had been haunting the room for three weeks, not with moans or cold spots, but by repeatedly rearranging the socks…
The Heroically Mid Eel
heroically mid eel
The eel had been practicing stillness for seventeen years, believing that if it held the pose long enough, the universe would finally…
The Insufferably Humble Lynx
insufferably humble lynx
The lynx had won the regional award for Most Humble Predator three years running, a title it accepted with a faint twitch…
The Inoffensively Strange Monkfish
inoffensively strange monkfish
The monkfish had been left on the table by mistake after the fishmonger’s delivery, and no one had the heart to move…
The Eagerly Disappointed Clownfish
eagerly disappointed clownfish
The clownfish had been promised a coral reef by a pamphlet it found wedged behind the fridge. It swam in circles for…
The Barely Employed Moose
barely employed moose
He had applied for the job after seeing the ad in the classifieds under 'Outdoor Enthusiasts Welcome'. No one questioned the antlers…
The Faintly Bureaucratic Solitaire
faintly bureaucratic solitaire
He had played the same game every Tuesday for seventeen years, never winning, never losing, always stopping at the same point: the…
The Recently Retconned Hawfinch
recently retconned hawfinch
The hawfinch had been a linnet yesterday. The change came quietly, during the third hour of the attic’s slow dusting, when the…
The Overqualified Koala
overqualified koala
The koala had published three papers on myrmecophagy before breakfast, yet here it was, filling out Form 7B for leaf allocation discrepancies,…
The Spiritually Fluorescent Quetzal
spiritually fluorescent quetzal
The quetzal had been told it was spiritually fluorescent, so it believed it. It waited in the room for someone to notice…
