pulled a file out from the bottom of his shoe, which had a flap you could open, and he started to cut open the metal bars. He didn't get far when the chief of police came in and

in waltzed my 6th grade crush, Kim Strauss, wearing a gossamer gown and leading a lobster on a leash. The bees stopped in midair intrigued by the scent of the gown. Robot dancers

be the best at my craft! Though... now that his smile was facing me back, it may have been too good. The painting was looking oddly realistic, and seemed to be growing more so by

Veranda and the other contestants screamed, though they were only fruit they can feel things too. And being cut by a rusty dagger was a pain they would all remember well.

as I reOthered Superman once again on my blog. We were way beyond his Uncle Tom days. Back to him being an alien immigrant. Big Red kept his binary litany going on in the back. Ash

So I sidled up to him and asked him for a share in the business. "Need any help, man?" I asked. He looked up at me with a gentle expression. "That'd be great," he said, grinning.

Hrengor the Beholder thought, "Four transit nodes out from the Terran implosion, and I bet this guy wants more than a smoothie." Sure enough, the proud swagger led with: "Beauty is

e, and what's worse, another week had gone by and I had missed (yet again) "Talk Like a Pirate Day" and "Shed Yule". However, we moderns are not given to anguish and regret, so

"What the hell with the talons, babe?" Her pupils dilated. She said more coldly than ever: "When did I ever consent to your wrapping your wings around me? I was better off on Titan

Ari Nutella sat at his command station, watching reports on 15 data screens as millions around the world ditched his non-consensual, data-harvesting OS for Linux or Plaque. "This t

somehow both a reincarnation of William Blake and a concurrent incarnation of Michelle Yeoh --tbh, not too surprising. Luckily, recently I had learned about Kardecist Spiritism and

he wondered as he chanced a visit outside her dark Victorian house years later. The next moment, she was serving him tea. "Don't worry, dear. I always thought you would age well."

Even several transit nodes away from Earth and its bitter memories, Hrengor the Beholder would still sometimes get a customer who would trot out "Beauty is in the eye, amirite?"

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seemed to deflate. almost as if it was a second suit, a mask. then slowly with great difficulty something climbed out of the shell of the beast and laughed

staaaaaaaake. It was all falling apart. Daaaaaaaark magic, trusted family members being burned at the stake? Just what happened to Aaaaaaaaaargh? It was a beautiful, peaceful town

Hrengor looked around the transit node's food court. He noted the lack of defensible positions. He had a flashback to his combat time during the 3rd Food Court War on transit node

ended up with Kelly, the masseuse, coiled up in a fetal position beneath the gurney in the corner. He couldn't have articulated why he had done that to her. So he didn't try to.

they say, is a virtue. I know it only as a vice. One I practice often. I like slow tongue baths, giving & receiving. I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. I lost a lot of weight.

were arrayed before them and read by the soothsayers the spiders had brought. Who's guts are those? That was a common question. Were they species specific? Dr. Satan cooed at Saint