a great nation. The time had long passed, cities crumbling under their own weight. It had not been a graceful defeat, but it had been a quiet one.

The broken wings prevented her from a proper preen but her arms pulled her across just as well. Most of that blood wasn’t hers anyway. On the other hands, any of her blood was too

I knew it was going to be tough terraforming Mars when I signed my family up to join the first Colony Ship. Once we made the planet The Corporation changed our terms unilaterally.

I paced along the Strand, anxious to hear three set of feet in the fog. The moon was playing hide and seek above us in the clouds. Then I heard it. A single horse was approaching

Sheba would never understand why I chose the banshee over her. I might not understand it myself but I trusted fate to make it interesting. On that, at least, it delivers. The Queen

was on a sex tourism tramp in Borneo. That left me at the mercy of my younger sister Ann. It happened to be her 1st night at a new brothel. I told her about my DNA on the corpses &

has always been my solace. I might like some here or there but for the most part I did not care for people. I had visions back in the 70s of what we now call the virtual world or s

in Luke’s blue milk. Luke went blue and caused the milk to go purple and then with a flick of the wrist and a Jedi mind trick the reindeer dropping flew back at Santa. It only miss

stop that thing before it ruins Christmas!" And he leapt onto his sled a bit earlier than usual, in order to push the hippo-shaped asteroid away from Earth's orbit. Rudolf was

"Virgin Drinks" because that's what I do daily to forget my loneliness. I also managed to slip a couple of cocktail recipes in there. My publisher

I couldn%u2019t believe it. I tried twice. I even used both hands. A Jennifer in this day and age.

Fjedrœve killed my morning today with the rain. As a prize I gave her my mockery. Together we have had to be the most holy word in this world. Neither of us was ever eaten as was c

life-threatening waste was anywhere near the upper class section. I was able to save face at the expense of the poor souls being bombarded by the face-meltingly foul fecal fallout.

"Hello, NORAD Santa tracker.Rest easy.A Government shutdown can't keep us from doing our critical job We're tracking Santa so you can sleep easy!" "Um,hi.My names Justin. I live in

Elf hats. They shouted profanities at everything and some actually jumped over and killed themselves. Life wasn't great for them, but life goes on(Unless you jumped off).

out by the root when bored and nobody seems to notice. (At least, I haven't SEEN anyone notice. But let's not forget I've only got the one eye. "Cock-a - doodle-do!" Sorry. Reflex.

But he was wrong. The cranes were dead. They had been dead for about a month. They had been replaced by pod birds just as pod people were replacing the people. They took over a fun

Ever since I was a fetus I have hated anything on my face. When I was born, I cried and cried but they would never get their light off my face. In grade school I was teased because

"Woobie, where are you going?" "Upstairs, to take a bath!" "Woobie, with legs like toothpicks, and a neck like a gir-aff-aff-affe!"

man, but his gesticulations were for naught. "Well," thought Thom. "Thar you go ... sometimes you gotta suck an egg before ya know which side yer toast is buttered." The chicken