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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.
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1637 paintings · newest firstThe Unhelpfully Wise Guinea Pig
unhelpfully wise guinea pig
Reginald had read every book in the house twice. When his owner asked why he refused to eat the lettuce, Reginald explained…
The Inoffensively Strange Warthog
inoffensively strange warthog
Harold had attended three etiquette seminars to prepare for the gala. He spent an hour adjusting his bow tie and practicing a…
The Semi-liquid Dipper
semi-liquid dipper
Martha waited for the soup to fall. She had watched the dipper for three hours, certain that gravity would eventually claim the…
The Bewildered Needlefish
bewildered needlefish
Harold did not know how he arrived in the parlor, nor why he was breathing air. He hovered three feet above a…
The Openly Nostalgic Cassowary
openly nostalgic cassowary
The cassowary sat in the sitting room every Tuesday at three. It looked at the photograph of the canopy and remembered the…
The Unbearably Tasteful Ferret
unbearably tasteful ferret
Reginald had spent three years cultivating the perfect interior. The grey walls were precise, the charcoal sketch was authenticated, and the northern…
The Quietly Enormous Goosander
quietly enormous goosander
Arthur found the goosander in his kitchen one Tuesday. It did not move or speak. He sat at the table and drank…
The Unnecessarily Sincere Cacique
unnecessarily sincere cacique
The cacique had decided to apologize to the stone for stepping near it three years prior. He practiced his sincerity every morning…
The Woefully Stylish Mouse
woefully stylish mouse
Reginald adjusted his monocle and sighed. The gala had ended an hour ago, but he remained at the center of the ballroom…
The Terminally Online Hake
terminally online hake
The hake opened its inbox at 3:00 AM. It found a thread about the ocean it had never seen. It typed a…
The Gratuitously Thorough Redstart
gratuitously thorough redstart
The bird had been hired to organize the archives. It spent three years cataloguing every paperclip and envelope by hue, weight, and…
The Mildly Haunted Bulbul
mildly haunted bulbul
The ghost had been dead for three years and found the bulbul to be the only creature who did not mind its…











