"Why did I have to dress up as Napoleon?" Billy thought as he entered the Halloween party. His friends were dressed ...

Once upon a time there was little man whom no-one believed. His name was Henry, and he loved to go to parties. But wh...

I waited for her, all night long I stood there waiting. As the crowd dissipated, I was left erect and waiting. I make...

I open my eyes and see a light. The sky is bright and everything seems dull. Thats how he felt. He was diagnosed with...

"I think we need to take the Easter eggs back," Gerald said. Louise looked up from placing an Easter bunny on a table...

OHMYGOSH A BABY CHICK! AHH!! IT'S A PICTURE OF PEOPLE SWIMMING ON AN IPHONE! WHAT DID PEOPLE DO BEFORE THE INTERNET...

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. Aiming at the highway man was easy, pulling the trigger was the problem. I couldn...

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. “Your turn” she said, as my hands trembled in fear. Why was I here? Who was she? ...

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. I was going to show him. I was angry, no, furious. He cut me off! In this city, t...

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...

Beatirix shuddered as a cold wind whipped across the stage, and she clasped her hat tightly to her head. Stage fright...

"Hello?" There was nothing on the other end of the line but silence. "Hey, can you here me? Is anyone there?" Martin ...

me and my sister have always been fighting. scince the day we could walk we always fought untill now. we were walking...

The daring were punished. Oh, how they were punished. For their transgression of assumption: public mockery. For thei...

The daring were punished. It seemed almost contradictory, but that was how They wanted it. Ever since the capital-t-...

"What are you laughing about Jes?", inquired Sally. "I just had the most wonderful dream", replied Jes. "Can you ...

This dream was better than waking. In it, his father took him fishing at Lake Oconee. They spent hours in their boat,...

This dream was better than waking. I was slim. Looked beautiful in the ivory vintage silk dress Mama had worn herself...

The dream was better than waking. I floated, all the past troubles seeming to dissipate before my very eyes. Luke was...

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...

"there was blood on my pillow and a noose in my heart" These country singers were getting downright moros, good thou...

There was blood on my pillow. It's 6 a.m. and there is blood on my pillow. I started to try and remember what happene...

Whitechapel 1888. There was blood on my pillow again this morning when I awoke. My landlady has already been asking ...

The earthy smell of autumn leaves surrounded me and stimulated my senses. The crisp crunch of leaves was projected th...

Some mornings, when the sun rose just right, it was almost like nothing had happened. This was one of those mornings...

She ran off into the plants and tall grasses and let her body sway with the wind. She called it her meditation, the o...