Once upon a time there was a bug who wanted to live on my finger. I called the little fella over and asked him to sta...

It was a swarm. They were trying to get in. Surrounding the house. I was running frantically throughout the house, ma...

He didn't know what to say. No one did. It had never landed on anyone's finger before. The fabled winged bug, unlike ...

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was snowing, freezing her slowly. She continued...

Rain poured down, next to her, the doorway shielding her. She clutched her red gown as she huddled down close to the ...

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was raining, her hair was plastered to her fac...

I am looking out the window of my tiny house in Michigan and watching the snow pile up on the road. I won't be going ...

Giving in wasn't an option. The first time Ted died he didn't really notice, being in a full on berserk. One of his i...

Giving in wasn't an option, but there was little else she could do. "Ok, ok," she told the young galant with the sh...

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 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...

Drowning in the sea. That was the trick of it. To be seen to swoon, to fall to the bottom. The pretend to expire. It ...

Drowning in the sea. That was the trick of it. To be seen to swoon, to fall to the bottom. The pretend to expire. It ...

Marjorie was drowning. She felt the pull of the water on her legs and the icy shock in her heart. She hadn't even fe...

"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...

Bombs were the last thing on his mind. Everyone was hiding under desks, wary of the slightest sound whereas he was w...

Bombs, were the last thing on his mind. Jack turned and spoke " It's funny, that today would have to be the day we be...

Bombs were the last thing on his mind. So, when the topic came up, Ben was staring out the window thinking about his ...

about 6 years ago, at the time I firstly thought about study in UK. So I prepare the ielts in Shanghai. When I finish...

He opened the letter from his cousin, reluctantly breaking open the blue air-mail envelope. Who uses old-fashioned sn...

The rain pounded on his jacket and head like furious warriors attempting to break the city's gates. His paced quick...

"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 ...