100 feet away.
I am really nervous. It's there. Looming. And I feel like if I move it will know, and everything around me will crumb...
100 feet away I watched the smugglers struggle to get over the jagged stones, collapse onto the wet sand, expel salt ...
100 feet away Mulder knew the Sasquatch was waiting. This was it, the moment of truth. Jonas, the new field agent c...
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 ...
I jumped.
The wind whistled around me, caressing me like i was its lover. Its icy touch leaving trails of fire all over my skin...
i jumped off the bridge and hit the water. OK, so i didn't judge the height of the bridge or he depth of the water, b...
You could use a little direction, said Junie to Sam. They were sitting cross-legged in the wood chips on the playgr...
Gradually.
Slowly it built, piece by piece. The atoms of its essence compiling line after line, upwards and outwards, exploding ...
"Big wheels keep on turnin'..." Paul's hands beat on the steering wheel in time with Lynyrd Skynrd as he drove down t...
Gradually. That was the secret, wasn't it? Build up their trust or indifference, either one would do, like in t...
The year was 1986.
The year was 1986 and she was a high school softball star. So young and full of potential. She was beautiful. She had...
The year was 1986 and I was 10 years old living in south Louisiana. My family had been living in Louisiana for gener...
The year was 1986. My home, a typical home in Suburbia, USA. My life, a typical American teenager, filled with angst ...
She cradled the faun's head.
Feeling like a fool, alone but still wondering how she looked, how she looked to other people. She should just allow ...
She cradled the faun's head and he went to sleep. I had read the final line of the bedtime story about a thousand ti...
She cradled the faun's head. She listened to its soft breath, listened to its complaint, listened its petition. But...
Light.
Face down on the cold floor of the cathedral, Brother Fidelis whispered his prayers. Though his lips brushed the dust...
Light. Fuck light, right? Right. Light just shows what I don't want to share, it takes away my CHOICE. Isn't that ...
Light as a feather. Light on the eyes. Light flashing into tear streaming eyes. Light in my arms, My long-lost love...
Sometimes I still feel like a kid - excited about silly things like jumping into puddles, watching how the water spla...
It was a vast open space. Where the distant hills cling to the horizon, and the blue sky above curves to fasten to th...
The anti-grav boots were worth every penny. Shelly had saved for weeks, mowing lawns, delivering papers, collecting ...
The woman at the window was dead. I knew because it was my sister. She appeared whenever we left the house. We no lon...
Sophie stood at the window, the curtains snug around her shoulders,trailing behind like a dress, or veil. The sun was...
she watched for him. the curtains engulfed her as she pressed her nose to the glass, eyes intent on the driveway. As ...
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...