Flash Fiction (a Hundred Words or Fewer) #24: I’m the Goddamn Batman

In 2006, my twin brother Shawn and I would constantly say “I’m the goddamn Batman” to each other in goofy voices.  As sixteen-year-old boys, we needed something to do, now that our parents had blocked the porn sites at home.  The catchphrase came from a comic book published that January: All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder, issue two, in which the Dork Knight’s even more psychotic than usual.  All the Net reviewers had slammed it, so we thought Why not?  We love crap.  And it was crap, and we did love it, though we still missed MILF videos.

Copyright © 2017 by David V. Matthews

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Author: David V. Matthews

David V. Matthews is the author of the short-story collections MELTDOWN IN THE CEREAL AISLE (2015), TURHAN BEY FAN CLUB (2022), and THE MAKING OF INDECENT BETRAYAL: TWO VERSIONS (2024). He lives in Pittsburgh.

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