by the time the cops can, I sneaked into an alleyway to avoid the cops but as soon as I ran around the corner of a ra...

Outnumbered. Jezebel stands on the ledge, hands fluttering up and down the slick chains. Outnumbered. She tries to br...

They were outnumbered and they knew it. J'nox lifted his six-shooter as he and his comrades prepared to defend the he...

I stare at the row of perfect houses resting on the perfectly manicured lawns beneath a perfectly blue sky by perfect...

I found the ring on the bowling green. Slipped in my back pocket for later as I was in the middle of the tournament. ...

Set down the light set it down anywhere The pure clean of a random weeknight on the coach staring at the white ceili...

While me and my friend were packing, I thought of what we will do during the holiday we have away from school or stre...

I was scared. I could see another perspective of myself. Did I want this to happen, no, but did it happen for a reaso...

I lay there, floating. On the outside, at least. On the inside, I walked quietly down a dark hallway towards a bright...

Signs were put up on the wall, all help is lost . The war took the lives of many great, respectable people but this w...

Becky hoped Tom saw what she had written before her teacher did. Mr. Smith was notoriously tidy about the things in ...

I never liked autumn leaves as you do. I watched you look at trees, the delight on your face intensified when you clo...

"No. He didn't." I hid the bruise on my face with veiled hair. I didn't want to admit the truth. It was harsh. "Then ...

"Wait, so he hit you?" "Yes, but it's not what it seems. He's been really stressed at work. He swore it would never h...

"Wait, so he hit you?" “No, I told you. He whispered just before I woke up.” I had already told the story a couple ...

Hero at Midnight No one could remember who among them gave him the name Rooster; probably someone long gone by this ...

Private Morlane glanced at the watch that he'd taken off and left on the small table by his cot, rubbing his sleep-we...

Morlane hung his head. At times like these, his emotions were torments of conflict. He was grateful, yes; but he was ...

The building I lived in was old, rusty around the doorknobs, the 14th floor was still half under construction. The we...

My word muscles are stiff. My writing bones ache. The prose reads like a bruise. I burst bored air through my lips, ...

I lay siege to it. This was war and a fast and furious assault seemed the surest course. There was a front to push fo...

She was looking ahead, eyes parallel with the ground. She was looking ahead, eyes perpendicular with the ground. Pa...

In her rear-view mirror, she saw Gene turn. He looked at the bush, at her, at the bush again, and then felt his pocke...

Heather didn't like being out in the rain. She was going to get even with that bastard Gene - how dare he dump her in...

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...

There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. Well, "standing" may be the wrong word. There's someone IN the c...

He likes his own room, but he likes mine more. He's five. Half the time, if he had his way he would climb back insi...

There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. That's what she told me most days and as normal, I ignored her. I...