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...

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...

The conversation lasted two words: "Too much." Too much pain? Too much regret? Too much suffering. And who's? From tw...

I am trying to make up words as I tremble in Fear. I can feel the first drop of sweat starting to run down my face. H...

"I'm sorry", the two words that shattered her world. She let the dial tone ring out, as a hot tear ran down her cheek...

He could not even translate it. It was what one might call a specific knowledge, the fact that he did not understand ...

£18,000. That is what the twisted gold wire bracelet was worth to me. Commonly known as a torc. Iron age. It was easy...

£18000. That's all it would take. But it was more than Charles had, that was certain. He gazed in wonder at that glos...

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...

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 ...

She turns around, but he has vanished again. She weighs the pros and cons of speaking before opening her mouth. "I ca...

"So you're saying you didn't see Willie Mason leaving the store Friday night?" PI Dot Post eyed the man sitting in he...

I'm fine No really. Really really! I'm not being aggressive. NO, I'm NOT! I am NOT shouting. I'm perfectly Ok...

A Time to grow And a Time to grow old A Time to learn And a Time to teach A Time to receive And a Time to give A Time...

"Carry the wreath, Henry, your mother is waiting." Father's terse words spoken from the side of his mouth, muffled b...

The sun this morning grows short thick shadows from the cobblestones. A sweaty head against the curb, red hatching at...

The storm had blown over, but not before it had blown over his ship, along with all of his crew. The captain always w...

So close, yet so far. Matey the Pirate never understood the phrase until these last few days of his life. The woodp...

The waves were bigger than she'd ever seen before. They were not waves tonight. They were destructive bombs, pulveriz...

The city was empty, like the set of a sci-fi movie when the aliens have chased everyone away or a nuclear explosion h...

I sat on the bench in the park. Breathed in the air. Smelled the ash and dust. It was quiet here, beneath the shade ...

I've been following Soulscum for a while now. I don't know what he wants. I don't know why he's here. All I know i...