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Shlomi Fish’s Stories
Introduction
Here you can read novellas
and screenplays
that I have written, mostly humorous
in part or in whole (but to quote
Peter Ustinov,
“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious”).
I have many much shorter works in the main section,
including quotes,
aphorisms, and
factoids.
Note: many of my stories are not too realistic, and aim to reflect
a better and more idealistic reality than the one many people would perceive.
This is in part because, I am an
idealist, and plan to remain so (but my idealism is dynamic and constantly
changes), and wish that my words and deeds will carry reality forward
instead of preserving the status quo.
List of Stories
A political satire about the situation that prevailed in the Israeli-Lebanese
border. Lots of exits about mathematical logic, and a general critique of the
irrationality guiding political bodies.
A member of the terrorist organisation “The Organisation” gets
up in the morning, goes to his post, and quits. But before he
leaves, he makes a suggestion that makes his former comrades
fight each other to death. Join the now ex‐Member of the
Organisation as he embarks on an ego trip, where he tries to
prove that A can in fact be not‐A, whether or not Aristotle
would agree.
A parody of Ayn Rand’s novel,
The
Fountainhead, modelled around a two part episode of
the Television sitcom show
Friends.
Somewhat unhappy with the original book, the six friends in the show role-play
their own version of The Fountainhead, while trying to improve upon it.
Will they succeed?
What was the photo of the Parthenon replaced with?
Why was Chandler happy to play Peter Keating?
Which element is featured in every second-rate romantic novel?
Which piece of advice did Toohey give Dominique Francon?
Why did cruising with Gail Wynand turn out to be a bad idea?
And who were the bad guys in the story?
Read the screenplays to find out.
A story about teenagers in Los Angeles, California, around 2005, who are
dealing extensively with open-source development. An unlikely female
software hacker
(not a computer intruder) wannabe is getting tutored by an even more
unlikely, but much more experienced, female software hacker.
In this fan episode of the Television show
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,
we discover the true essence of the Q Continuum, and meet
some “living dead”: conscious beings (including humans) who reportedly died,
but actually were saved and still live a prosperous life some place
else in the universe, as well as “vampires”: individuals who never died and
have instead remained alive since they were born.
A Star Trek episode to end all Star Trek episodes, (and, more
generally - story to end all stories).
A geeky Anglo-American girl in her high school senior year in 2011
California, finds out that she is none other than The Slayer,
a legendary heroine who is destined to slay many notable vampires and demons,
culminating in none other than The Master, the vampire with the oldest
soul. See how she manages to do so, despite being completely non-violent, and
even supportive of the demons she encounters.
This screenplay, a parody and reflection on
Buffy the
Vampire Slayer (both the movie and the show) and inspired by many
other sources, is still under work, but is already in a usable state.
The Hollywood actresses
Sarah
Michelle Gellar (of
Buffy
fame) and
Summer Glau (of
xkcd notability)
conspire to kick the ass of the
NSA
(= the United States government’s National Security Agency), while using
special warfare that is completely non-violent. Two attractive,
intelligent, and resourceful women against a large, inefficient,
federal government organisation whose estimated annual budget is
several times their combined worth. Does the NSA actually stand
a chance?
This screenplay is surrealistic realism and takes place in the spring-summer
of 2013 - very farfetched, but could happen.
A novella titled “The Earth Angel” in which a colloquial Black man in 2013 Los
Angeles teaches a copyrights attorney all about life. My own modernisation
of Atlas
Shrugged in 2013’s funky way.
Rachel Southern, an American graphic artist who lives and works in
Milwaukee, did not expect the week following the death of the Roman Catholic
Pope to be particularly notable for her, but boy was she wrong!
From meeting a guy she really liked, to her best friend almost ruining a date
with him, to her family coming to visit, to helping organise a “fashion-play”,
to thinking about the answer to the question of Life, the Universe, and
Everything — Rachel’s week proved to be one of the most hectic in her life.
This story is still incomplete, and only a relatively small part of it has
been written.
A parody about humanity and modern life in particular. Humanity describes
a day in the life of a Semitic city circa 500 B.C.. Work in progress.
Screenplays for a series of crazy comedy films parodying
Fantasy
Role-Playing Games. Join the band of the player characters called “The
Blue Rabbit Adventuring Company”, as they journey in the imaginary role-playing
world, and their struggles and
encounters with monsters, the non-player characters, their players,
and... the Game Master! (Muahahahahaha).
Work in progress.
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