Book Worm Fiction
Wanted: Illustrator for the following children's book script:
In an empty library way in the back in an old dictionary on a high shelf lived a small family of Bookworms.
Mama Bookworm cooked.
Daddy Bookworm helped people with medicine.
And Baby Bookworm was a baby who laughed.
The phone rang. Daddy answered the phone acting happy to talk. But then his mood grew sour.
"No. No, no, no. You cannot come here. Do not bring that to my house," Daddy said.
Mama peaked out from the kitchen. "Who's that?" she said.
Daddy waved her off, talking into the phone: "Prank call. Prank call." Then he hung up.
Baby gurgled on the floor, a pillow under her head. She stretched her legs to the ceiling and laughed some more.
A little while later, a crash could be heard outside. Someone was screaming for help. Daddy went outside and found his friend Vinnie Vulture dragging an unconscious Fanny Fox from his car.
"What the fuck is this?" Daddy said.
"You gotta help me, man," Vinnie said. "She snorted the whole bag. Help me, motherfucker, this is Marcel Walrus's wife."
"Okay, come in," Daddy said.
Mama saw them dragging Fanny into the house and lost her shit. "Oh, fuck no. Get that drugged up whore out of my house."
"Just go get my medical bag," Daddy said.
Mama said, "Fuck that. What if she dies here?"
Baby laughed.
"Go get my black medical bag, now," Daddy said.
Mama frowned but left the room. Baby moved the coffee table. Daddy and Vinnie got Fanny on the floor and opened up her shirt. Fanny was sweaty and not moving.
Mama came back with the black bag. Daddy took it from her and pulled out a long needle. He handed it to Vinnie.
Vinnie said, "What am I supposed to do with this?"
"Stick it in her heart," Daddy said.
"Fuck that. You do it," Vinnie said.
Daddy said, "When I bring a dying girl to your house, I'll stick them with the needle. It's your turn."
"Shit. The heart?" Vinnie said.
"The heart!" Daddy, Mama, and Baby said together. Baby giggled.
Vinnie stabbed Fanny in the heart with the needle. Fanny jumped up screaming, running circles around the small room while Baby clapped and watched. Fanny sat on the floor staring at the needle in her chest.
Mama said, "That was trippy."
They all smoked some grass and chilled the fuck out. Fanny went home with Vinnie. Daddy, Mama, and Baby all slept in the same bed that night.