Big Catch
The survivors described a leviathan. Forty feet long, said one. Eighty, said another, who had been drinking. Teeth like cutlasses, and eyes that had seen the bottom of the world and found it boring. Nobody mentioned the name, because nobody knew it. The name was Derek. Derek was nine inches long.
by Michael Dargie · September 30, 2026 · 1 min read
The survivors described a leviathan. Forty feet long, said one. Eighty, said another, who had been drinking. Teeth like cutlasses, and eyes that had seen the bottom of the world and found it boring. Nobody mentioned the name, because nobody knew it. The name was Derek. Derek was nine inches long.
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