onto one polished leather shoe and he curses loudly. A young mother in the queue glares at him and covers the ears of her toddler. The monsters waiting behind the man are restless.

to the ribs would need to be undone, and the organs beneath put back together. There wasn't much he could do about the twisted ankle so he left it at that and resurrected the body.

brain started to forget his native language. But the worst effect of his Opposite Curse was when he wanted to cuddle his baby daughter. Instead of picking her up, his body would

He fumbled for a pen with his decaying hand, but one gangrenous finger dropped off and landed on the desk. Lt. Zombie looked at the gruesome digit, then popped it into his mouth.

the ornate mirror. His reflection wasn't crying, as he was; in fact, a slow, sinister smile crept across its face. A chill of fear raced down his spine like an icy water droplet.

I thought it odd for it being the witching hour. Where was the din of the world? This wasn't the blue hour, so where were the birds. Perhaps it was what I could hear that mattered.

not do that but to follow his bliss. He soon realized that raking in an infinite supply of monetary funds WAS his bliss and he got back on that bandwagon. He started by passing off

I thought I was singing over the body of Electra, who I am told was a farrior's fishwife. Instead I was saying grace, & Your Grace, & Your Majesty. Begrudgingly, I also had to say

a house tengu appeared in his capsule. Hrengor was used to this by now. He hadn't been the 1st time he'd seen a tengu appear in his capsule. Anyway, Hrengor explained to the tengu

Electrogravitix presents our new Caviar series. Arrays of smaller EG nodes provide greater lift and propulsion for less power, and require less shielding for more efficient ship

hard caramelized topping was yet intact, and damed if the Creme Brulee King would have it shattered by the likes of the Chicken Chariot's lowly Stanley. So the princess was locked

-strated by croaking on the bathroom floor, alongside the body of my college buddy, Buddy. So now I had two dead bodies to deal with, and the toilet still hasn't been properly

I thought I had a unique perspective on this whole becoming whole situation. I do but not any more unique that anybody else's perspective. That is so unfair to me. I'm the only one

I've always had weird cravings on my period;this time I coveted tin foil pizza.That damn thing cut my lip! Now I was bleeding from more than one place and those mechanical crickets

It’s all down to the butterfly effect you see.The Spanish submariner cursed at me for eating those simply delicious fries, but was cut short as his sub exploded in a ball of flames

am a connoisseur of causing people to start vomiting blood. I looked at the guy beside me and formally challenged him to a “Blood off”. It was a race to get as many people to vomit

The doctor asked the next felon his name and crime. “Me names Govy, Sir... an’ me crime be the simple joy ov enjoyin’ pineapple on pizza!” Govy’s voice cracked at the end.

each of them took steps in regular intervals of 1 meter. They distributed their weight evenly, making sure not a gram was misplaced in either step. After a while the 10 men stopped

as far as claiming the sun was a scam created by our vulture overlords and sunscreen manufacturers. The "Humanity Against the Sun" club had three members: Tom Barnes, of course,

in my mother's prescription. At 104°C/219°F we're above the boiling point, skin starts falling apart, sweat pours out, nothing but pain. Perfect sauna conditions! I stripped