Fancy dress at Tom's party was optional, but all the children wore something wacky. First prize was for the circus ri...
Dear Mom, Do you remember this picture? I do. I remember a lot about those days, when we were a family. Yesterday, I ...
"What the hell kind of superhero costume is that?!" My dad was yelling so loud I could hear him from my room. When th...
You can count me out.
"Oh, do come for dinner!" she purred. "Is there anything you don't eat?" "Well ... quite a few things," he said. "I h...
You can count me out. You can count me out. How many times do I have to say it? Count me out of your scheme. I have...
You can count me out, I said. I am not doing it. No. I left this years ago. I have a life now, I told them. No more o...
Down six steps and under the fire escape. Don't knock on the door, follow the hall to the end. Go through the curt...
He had her in his sights. The moment he saw her, he zeroed in on his prey. Her grace, her beauty... she stood apart f...
Holographic women are all the rage. Easier than humans to be around. No talking back or gorging on chocolates to ruin...
The Moon would never be the same again.
As I look into the sky, the moon rises from its slumber showing its beauty in the night sky. The stars sit close to t...
"Looking at things changes us so it is impossible to look at anything the same way twice," said Foley. I did a double...
The Moon would never be the same again. Not after the Settlers came. See, we had claimed the Moon. Put our USA flag o...
Gigantic.
I had finished drawing. The picture a beautiful representation of her body. I told her that I was done, she decided n...
The pain was gigantic. No, no wait, that wasn't the right word. What was the right word? Around him people were shout...
Gigantic. Positively enormous. those were the words that first came to mind as she gazed up at the Statue of Liberty....
I'm in love with a robot.
I'm in love with a robot. I know, I know, that sounds strange. But I am. It's name, or at least the name I gave it, i...
I am in love with a coffee machine. A robot that makes coffee. I am giddy about it my mornings are filled with percol...
Golden skin glowed in the afternoon sun, revealing a fine tracery of pale blue at the inside of the wrist. Lips, lus...
The bird landed.
The bird landed, not with a bang but with a whimper. Who would have thought that the poor little thing had so much t...
I never noticed this before. There's a little fairy that follows Peter around. Huh. Why haven't I ever noticed that...
It landed in 1966. The voyages of the Starship Enterprise would enthrall fans of Star Trek for three years before fin...
As I walked around town with my boyfriend, I noticed a pound. I walked up to it, looking into through the glass. I no...
Woof woof. Woof woof woof woof woof. Woof. Bark woof. Woof. Woof woof woof. Bark bark woof bark. Woof.
He stood inside the pen, staring out at the approaching truck warily. It was a large vehicle, blood red with a black ...
I hid behind the low, green trees. Gunshots scream as the team squatted behind the sandstone houses. 'RUN!' The chief...
When I see these flowers, and this man standing here (that's me, by the way), and I see all the men with guns walking...
When I see these flowers, and this man standing here (that's me, by the way), and I see all the men with guns walking...
1943.
The air raid sirens were going off. I could tell. Even from the thousands of feet above, I could hear the wailing of ...
1943. The year of my birth. To a very young mother. Raped by a stranger. I spent forty years believing that Tom Morra...
1943 (19:43 to be exact, but the : had given up life years ago) 30 oC 1943 29 oC 1944 The red LEDs blinked thei...