Her anxiety provoked her stuttering habits into overdrive and she could only control it by muttering "Me-2" every 30 seconds. Unfortunately her followers misinterpreted her

immigrants who were commonly known as invading aliens. Apart from being a bit browner and more tolerant of hardships, the creatures were not that much different from the original

the test was after. There were the standard questions. How many confirmed kills? How many unsanctioned? Etc. But when they asked their questions through allegory I started to lose

Stop bringing up the machetes & the bloody rucksack, & the camera. We needed the interested parties alone to know what we had was out there. If others knew, we might invite competi

the body in front of her. After looking up next of kin she placed a call. "Are you related to Mallory Jones? I'm Cookie Smith and afraid I have some bad news. Mallory is dead."

figure out a way to make a lot of money fast. As I sat there for who knows how long I couldn't find a way. Suddenly a man from the Dairy Queen mafia came up and said "well you goin

She heard an owl somewhere in the trees above her. It was probably hunting the small game that was in the leaves behind her. The fog was making her senses play tricks on her now.

-now anything about the case. I didn't really care either. I closed the file and shoved it back into the cabinet. I was off duty now and had a date with a bartender at my favorite

behind in this sector of hell. This train was my only way out and I would not allow a full bladder get in the way. Quickly got out of the bathrooms and onto that train!

he wasn't sure. He thought maybe if he compartmentalised his mind in a similar fashion it might allow him to overcome the natural resistance of breathing in water instead of air.

Clay held his big fist up to show that he was indeed made of clay. "I have every right to exist as much as any other golem. Why should Gravel have any more right to exist than I?"

"Great Wizard, I'm so sorry to intrude. I am worried about the oblongness of the other wizard family in town. I don't think the son is destined to be as great as the father was."

the Fall of 2059. That was when the hovercars were invented and replaced the hamsters and groundcars. The dronecars tried to compete but were clearly inferior to the hovercar.

Karen waved her hand around the room at the different tools of the trade and continued training Ted in the art of serial killing. He watched aptly and seemed to absorb everything.

At the time, I had no concept of death. I had gripped Beetlejuice so hard in my tiny fist that it had killed him. I only knew that I had found a new friend who would never leave me

. Nothing could have survived in that debris. The cop was a coward, I ran to the debris and struggled to reach the arm that was feeling around blindly through the small opening.

it is supposed to. I had already forgotten what the word was that I made myself unlearn. I turned to continue walking down the street when out of nowhere a car ran over the curb in

I just wanted to stay in bed and ignore what I thought I'd heard. Someone else would take care of it. I rolled over and covered my head with my comforter. In minutes I was asleep.

his fate for a few minutes before he realizing he needed to do something to get himself out of this situation. He didn't want to disappear. He struggled to untie his bonds on his

-ightning bolt. It was the strangest thing I'd ever seen." The man I'd come to think of as my father looked at me and continued, "You weren't there then you were, with no memory of