Idyllic farmhouse? Well, appearances can be deceiving, I suppose. If the For Sale sign in front had said, "Abandon a...
The day it burned down my mother locked herself in her room and wouldn't take any visitors. "Mom, come out of there...
The zombies beat upon the door to the church. The flowering vines clung to the brink walls like dead man's fingers, w...
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...
Swing.
My mind was moving faster than my body. I wanted to play in the swing so bad but my feet weren't moving fast enough. ...
I let out a heavy sigh as I stepped over the cobwebs, allowing myself to have a moment of preparation. The swing rock...
she couldn't do it. her moist, clammy hands clung to the wooden pole with vicious might as she drew in intermittent, ...
"What the hell happened here?" The man in the blue button up military coat came up to the wreck. He wore a hat on his...
I saw the thing. It was preserved in the glass case, the only one of its kind. So faithfully had the curators touched...
"Well shit, that didn't work," the conductor said. He walked around the wreckage, pulling out passengers. Women, mos...
She slept in the open air, in the windy hills, on a soft pillow. She was covered in the blankets of her mother's mot...
Finally, we came to rest. The day's work had been long but fruitful. We had made double the monies we would have on...
My eyes were tired; I rolled over in my bed, and stared briefly at the moon. I turned back to face my fan; the 90-de...
As Thomas was smoking in an alleyway, he heard a scream. He walked out of the alleyway slowly, being observant of his...
The old trash can on Drake and Washington avenue was the witness to the biggest mistake of George's life. Sadly, he t...
I waited on the corner of Drake Street and Something. I shielded my eyes from the bright gray to see the paintings on...
It was her masterpiece. Jutting out of the water, everyone around could see what she'd created - what *she* had crea...
His dive, performed in front of the small, half-drunk dinner party, was perfect in his mind. He'd had a few martinis ...
For some reason, I couldn't stop staring at the picture. It was... gorgeous, sure. The colors were somewhat exaggerat...
Absent.
Absent. The perfect word to describe the situation. Paul and Maria Strickland sat at their kitchen table eating brea...
The episodes were getting more frequent. I'd forget where I was. Friends looking at me strangely as I carried on conv...
He was absent. Again. The kid would only show up on test days - on which he performed well enough. But that wasn't th...
Goodnight...
Goodnight sweetheart, well it's time to go... Goodnight sweetheart, well it's time to go... There's a contentment th...
Sleep and you may dream. Remain and you will surely regret the decisions you make in the night. Intermittent car ho...
"Good night," the bar manager said, as he tapped a stack of bills on their side to even them out. The waitress dumped...
Knives
Knives. Knives. What was she going to use them on next? The silver blades shimmered in the sunlight streaming thro...
He was a walking arsenal with knives strapped to his armor at forearms, biceps, chest and back. Two smaller throwing ...
That was the last thing she saw. It was headed straight for her chest, a glittering blade, and she saw it in slow-mot...