Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was snowing, freezing her slowly. She continued...

Rain poured down, next to her, the doorway shielding her. She clutched her red gown as she huddled down close to the ...

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was raining, her hair was plastered to her fac...

Pixie dust. I didn't think it existed before now. Until I experienced it firsthand. I had floated a few feet above th...

" what do you want, more than anything int he world?" The woman asked me. "I want my daughter back" I said. Sh...

I really don't remember how exactly I got to this point, but I'm here, so I might as well just deal with it. "We sho...

Green cover holds me. Oak Tree stands guard behind me. Sun warms me. Stream sings me to sleep. Sleep meets with Dream...

Her eyes were green. No, not just green. Emeralds, yet infinitely more precious. Like the sea, though far more deep a...

Green. Indubitably so. A vast expanse if it, spreading out to the horizon. Different shades breaking it up into secti...

I couldn't move. My legs felt like jelly and I had to sit. Everything in the hospital seemed to go blurry. "Are you o...

She'd have preferred the electric chair, but he wouldn't have it. "Think about how much easier it would be on everyon...

"She'd have preferred the electric chair," Melanie said. A half grin sat on her lips as she stirred the crinkle fry ...

"And when I get older, I'm going to be a fairy!" little Leslie exclaimed. On their second playdate, she and her new p...

I danced in the circle. Just me, my friend Jeanine, and a fairy. That's right, a fairy. People who study this would c...

They danced in a circle by the shores off the lake, laughing as they held each other. Their shifts, made of white sam...

Dear Past Self, Let me tell you a few things you should know; This is your life now. I can see that gap between your...

Stinkbombs ruined my perfect wedding night. The odious smell wouldn't leave me, even after a few days. I knew it was ...

Dolly told me about the swimming pool in Mr. Sakimoto's bonsai garden. The water was warm, she said, no matter what t...

"What the hell happened here?" The man in the blue button up military coat came up to the wreck. He wore a hat on his...

I saw the thing. It was preserved in the glass case, the only one of its kind. So faithfully had the curators touched...

"Well shit, that didn't work," the conductor said. He walked around the wreckage, pulling out passengers. Women, mos...

On the journey back from the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes began writing his memoirs. The book was sent to a tru...

The library was dark, lights shutting off behind me but I continued to thumb through the book. They had lamps on the ...

The Loch Ness Monster was on vacation. As was the case with most celebrities, Nessie wanted her privacy. This wasn't ...