Siege of the Kingfisher — An Abbreviated Novel
Krenar Deburk
Chapter 1:
Several fat people want to go swimming.
Chapter 2:
All the local public pools have recently been drained and thus are empty.
Chapter 3:
They all commit suicide.
Chapter 4:
A new group of fat people want to go swimming.
Chapter 5:
All their local public pools have been drained.
Chapter 6:
They all commit suicide.
Chapter 7:
A third group of fat people want to go swimming.
Chapter 8:
Their local public pools are filled with tree sap and dead dogs.
Chapter 9:
They swim and afterwards eat at an Italian restaurant.
Chapter 10:
They all go to sleep and the next day want to go swimming again.
Chapter 11:
The local pools are now surrounded by a latex and Teflon fence.
Chapter 12:
They go to the first town’s public swimming facilities and find them still closed.
Chapter 13:
They go to the second town’s public swimming facilities and find them still closed.
Chapter 14:
They all commit suicide.
Chapter 15:
A fourth group of fat people want to go swimming.
Chapter 16:
But they are too fat to move on their own.
Chapter 17:
They continue to exist in a manner than is depressing.
Chapter 18:
The Italian restaurant wants to go swimming.
Chapter 19:
It goes to the local swimming pool which is filled with water.
Chapter 20:
It crushes all the people swimming in the public pool and sends a tsunami like wave out into the surrounding areas.
Chapter 21:
It is very pleased with its day in the sun and water. But then returns to its normal location to prep for the evenings dinner rush.
Chapter 22:
Several days later there is party in the banquet room of the Italian restaurant for all the souls that were killed in this story.
Chapter 23:
The restaurant explodes.
Epilogue:
Three people dance an awkward waltz.