Unserious postmodern paintings.

The bird had been hired to organize the archives. It spent three years cataloguing every paperclip and envelope by hue, weight, and…

The ghost had been dead for three years and found the bulbul to be the only creature who did not mind its…

The chicken died on a Tuesday. It did not notice. It continued to sit on the chair every morning, waiting for feed…

The leopard arrived at three o'clock and sat down without asking. It smiled so widely that the guests stopped talking. No one…

Arthur the rat spent three hours explaining the thermodynamic futility of the cheese trap to Gerald. Gerald listened, nibbling a cracker, while…

Arthur spent three weeks convincing the bird to wear the raincoat. He believed it added a necessary layer of distance to their…

The seahorse did not move. It simply occupied the room, its tail resting against the sofa and its snout nearly touching the…

Harold measured the puma every Tuesday. It occupied the sitting room entirely, its tail disappearing into the garden and its head resting…

The dingo waited for the paperwork to arrive. It had spent three years filling out forms to prove it was not a…

The anteater arrived at three o’clock. It did not knock. It sat in the armchair and placed its snout on the teacups.…

The narwhal had been there for three Tuesdays. It did not eat or speak, but it occupied the center of the room…

The petrel spent three hours reminiscing about a squall from 1984. It sipped cold tea and remembered the precise angle of a…