"Why did I have to dress up as Napoleon?" Billy thought as he entered the Halloween party. His friends were dressed ...
Once upon a time there was little man whom no-one believed. His name was Henry, and he loved to go to parties. But wh...
I waited for her, all night long I stood there waiting. As the crowd dissipated, I was left erect and waiting. I make...
He left me hanging.
“Pob lwc.” the elder of Saint Joseph’s had wished me, after his strange warning. I presumed he meant for my first Mas...
”Beware the Bwgan Fawr.” the old Vicar sighed. “Every chapel has to have its ‘Ysbryd capel’…” “Its chapel ghost?” th...
Freeform prompt
Friday is supposed to be a day to look forward to - TGIF, right? Sammy had been dreading Friday all week because he ...
“The entire shell is Chronium. That shields the op…” “You mean chrome. Chromium?” “Ahem. Crow NEE Uhm. Chronium. As...
The visitor asked, "Can you write a story without a prompt?" "I don't know," said the writer. "I've never tried." "...
I'm trapped. I came to the beach, ready to relax. Ready to escape my work, and every annoying person in my life. But ...
"Come here," I whisper loud enough for her to hear me. She gives me a look and laughs, tilting her head up to the sky...
That damn tree was going to fall on him, he just knew it. What use was the open sky, the billowing waves of blue, or...
The gate closed behind them.
I stood on the old wooden bed I always slept in. There was always a window up high and I would always look up to it a...
Three Chances. Two Donors. One Hope. December 4th. Today is the third anniversary of your first bone marrow transp...
Rudolph ran as fast as his four legs would carry him. He had run out of fairy dust over a remote forest, and unfortun...
Everything was going according to plan until that Saturday morning. Birds chirped and the sun gleamed and glistened o...
Hard to think now, gazing into her eyes as we lay side by side, that we'd only met on the train an hour ago. I'd been...
Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway.
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...
The alien craft exploded invisible to the human eye. The inhabitants had exited over an hour ago, running amazingly f...
He smoked pipes, ate limes, ate the gnats he swiped from the air. The lions lounged in the front yard. He chose lions...
On the fourth day of the invasion, the defenders opened the gates of the zoo. Let those bastards contend with lions ...
The mail box never had anything I wanted so I went onto the next home. Usually I picked up a few interesting pieces f...
We sat on our toboggan at the top of the hill behind the house. It wasn't much of a sliding hill, but it was easy to ...
We made a little church of our own when we promised to marry. You asked me when I barely understood how to love you, ...
Heaven; such a harmonious place. With luscious trees and elevated mountains. A lighthouse standing tall in the distan...
'So, what makes you think it is going to flood around here?' The truck driver chewed gum as he unloaded the bags of c...