Fragments 2026
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scott_sanfordVarious tidbits too small to stand on their own. The completely arbitrary cutoff is 500 words; longer than that and stories get their own files.
For earlier very short works, see the files for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
(10 Jan 2025) Some days there's important stuff going on, some days there's just random nonsense. Kim senses this is one of the latter.
Jenny and Kim indulge in
Idol Banter
by Scott Sanford
20 Feb 2026
“Hey, Kim, remember that idol I brought home from the lost underwater temple of Sobek Potamiphagos, the one that looked like a crocodile?”
“The one that looked like a crocodile made of a kilogram of solid gold? Oh yes, I remember it very well. I also remember the Monkey Totem of the Invisible Pharaoh that you brought home when you were in college, that’s why I said you shouldn’t keep it in the apartment until we were sure it wasn’t cursed.” She glanced around the living room just in case, but spotted no unexpected mystical artifacts.
“So I was a monkey for a few days,” Jenny said dismissively. “It happens to everyone in their sophomore year.”
“Amazingly, this does not regularly happen to responsible adults who have actual jobs. So I didn’t want anyone poking at it until we knew it was safe.”
“Right. Anyway, I was poking at it and I found a secret compartment!”
“Of course you did,” said Kim, who realized she was not in control of this conversation and that Jenny’s next escapade was already spooling up for takeoff.
“Inside there’s a clay tablet with what I’m sure is a map, and I don’t know what it’s a map to yet. Do you know much about ancient Mesopotamia?”
“Not as much as David does, I’m sure.”
“Ooh, good point; I’ll have to ask him. If anyone in the building reads cuneiform it’ll be him. Maybe he’d like to get out of the house and check out an ancient temple or tomb or something.”
“Before or after you dress him up as Indiana Jones?”, Kim quipped. She sensed a certain shape to the oncoming events.
“Sure, why not? He could if he wanted to; I think he already has the hat. And if we’re making a group trip we could invite Eric too – he should see stuff like this as a mad scientist and ancient ruins in another universe have got to be educational, right?”
“Maybe, but not on a school night.”
“Oh, good point.”
Read earlier shorts (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025) or check out the table of contents
The character of Jenny Everywhere is available for use by anyone, with only one condition. This paragraph must be included in any publication involving Jenny Everywhere, in order that others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed.
For earlier very short works, see the files for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
- Idol Banter (20 February 2026)
(10 Jan 2025) Some days there's important stuff going on, some days there's just random nonsense. Kim senses this is one of the latter.
Jenny and Kim indulge in
Idol Banter
by Scott Sanford
20 Feb 2026
“Hey, Kim, remember that idol I brought home from the lost underwater temple of Sobek Potamiphagos, the one that looked like a crocodile?”
“The one that looked like a crocodile made of a kilogram of solid gold? Oh yes, I remember it very well. I also remember the Monkey Totem of the Invisible Pharaoh that you brought home when you were in college, that’s why I said you shouldn’t keep it in the apartment until we were sure it wasn’t cursed.” She glanced around the living room just in case, but spotted no unexpected mystical artifacts.
“So I was a monkey for a few days,” Jenny said dismissively. “It happens to everyone in their sophomore year.”
“Amazingly, this does not regularly happen to responsible adults who have actual jobs. So I didn’t want anyone poking at it until we knew it was safe.”
“Right. Anyway, I was poking at it and I found a secret compartment!”
“Of course you did,” said Kim, who realized she was not in control of this conversation and that Jenny’s next escapade was already spooling up for takeoff.
“Inside there’s a clay tablet with what I’m sure is a map, and I don’t know what it’s a map to yet. Do you know much about ancient Mesopotamia?”
“Not as much as David does, I’m sure.”
“Ooh, good point; I’ll have to ask him. If anyone in the building reads cuneiform it’ll be him. Maybe he’d like to get out of the house and check out an ancient temple or tomb or something.”
“Before or after you dress him up as Indiana Jones?”, Kim quipped. She sensed a certain shape to the oncoming events.
“Sure, why not? He could if he wanted to; I think he already has the hat. And if we’re making a group trip we could invite Eric too – he should see stuff like this as a mad scientist and ancient ruins in another universe have got to be educational, right?”
“Maybe, but not on a school night.”
“Oh, good point.”
