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Didn't even stop to look the dude in the eyes before shoving him off the bridge. The coat was fancy, that's all that ...
There was a man who rode on a white horse. He wore a golden cloak. He was handsome and upright in posture. When he pa...
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 results were in.
Marie wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans. Breathing heavily, she glanced impatiently at the bland, hospital door; it...
The results were in, she said. And he ran and ran and ran and ran, disregarding the shouts of teachers behind him, ju...
The results were in. The young men standing before the judges fidgeted anxiously in their military-style uniforms. Ja...
Spinning.
Spinning. Spinning. Spinning. That is all she knows now. "You'll become dizzy soon," he whispers in her ear. She smi...
Four minutes away from the burn point, one of the telltales switched from green to red. Tears streamed from my eyes, ...
The room kept spinning for the delicate human. You could tell by the way it swayed in its place on the floor beneath ...
It was the fall that surprised me most.
After the murder I found it hard to recall what happened in my personal life but only remembered other things. The a...
It was the fall that surprised me most. I watched as the sofa slid down the stairs of the women's dorm, I rushed down...
It was a surpise to discover that grandad's home disappeared down the sink hole. The ground literally swallowed him u...
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...
The tigers snarled at each other as they fought over the prize. Eyes narrowed, they watched for the slightest hesitat...
They were the best of friends, but the worst of enemies. My husband and his brother would become like tigers fighting...
He watched from a distance, hidden behind a bush. The two tigers snarled at each other, circling around, judging each...
The Potentate surveyed his creamsicle tower coolly.
The Potentate surveyed his creamsicle tower coolly. Lord Howard stood behind him, rigid, hands neatly behind his ba...
The Potentate surveyed his creamsicle tower smoothly. "Good good," he said in his nasally voice. Rubbing his hands to...
The Potentate surveyed his creamsicle tower cooly. "Were my instructions not clear," he asked in the calm manner so ...
It had to be the bumblebee parachute. I wanted one with Hello Kitty on it but Al said no. Black and yellow clashed wi...
Wow. The Statue of Liberty. I've lived in New York my whole life, and have personally seen it one time, and it's on m...
He could remember the first time he saw that statue. It was one of those things you simply never forgot, like a first...
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...