It turned out to be the quills. One of them pierced my hooha & the barbs were venomous. However, our tantric sex had blessed me with residual immortality so I'll be dying forever.

By the second day, we'd run out of energy drinks and the head developer had a sick day. Instead of coding, we decided to go out for drinks to celebrate the company's new project.

I had to do something to stop myself from farting again. I dropped my backpack to the floor and rummaged through it. At the bottom of my bag, I found my trusty cork. I took it out

descending for an eternity. The staircase seemed to get darker the further beneath the surface you went. A few years ago I spent an hour going down, but lost my nerve and returned.

swimming through the dank, fetid air as if it were water. Amber and Johnny watched the majestic fish parade pass by them. Their scales glimmered like treasure in the dim light.

where she'd been hiding the mongoose. Too late now. It peered out of the pocket of her jacket, fixing its beady eyes on the fortune teller and drawing back its lips in a snarl.

so scared and alone. She asked Adam to hold her so tight as waves began to stir harder. Adam please don't let go. I'm afraid of losing you once more. Adam held Michelle with all h

Igor could no longer wait. Harry was a no show. Irog changed his pants and donned his new motto: Join them if you can't escape them. He went out into the barricades just as Harry

when we read the same book as we did back on the home planet, it is hardly surprising we encountered the same evils on Mars. Some of us could see it was the book and tried to warn

The US body politic is an old new prometheus in wolf's clothing. Take the drain screw from his foot and he's hardly the Colossus of Rhodes. With a stumbling walk & a big stick, see

a frog, just like he did with Jessica!" Andrew frowned. "Who's Jessica?" she asked, showing no signs of getting ready to untie him.

were so blue. He wished he could tell Garret the truth about his feelings, but they were far too deep into this scheme. If Garret knew Aiden was in love with him, there was no way

like Elsie would not be susceptible to my power. They were too powerful themselves. I would need to find another way for my cow and I to travel south. "What do you think, Elsie?"

kick in the dispenser area but Vending Machine 17 kept the Mars bar jammed in plain sight, taunting him. Hrengor pummeled VM17.As he tried tipping VM17 she threw her full weight

felt the usual pleasant surprise at gin's subtle flavour. She thought, "If only I could get Dr Goodfeel to love me..." Goodfeel arched an eyebrow. "Doris?" She gasped. Did she say

or pamphlets, perhaps. Personally, I came to the end without knowing, and turned the page expecting another chapter. As though reaching for phantom demerol I didn't know was gone,

"This should be interesting", I thought to myself but said, "this should be fun", to my boyfriend, Killian. I liked him but up to now, I hadn't thought he was interested in quests.

There are my crayon marks from when mater would lock me in there for the day. The only light coming in through the grating of the oven door which she always joke lit to cook me.

I forgot what I was about. In order to pivot, I had to know where we were destined. It wasn't enough to say we found these documents in the dead man's tub. We had to convince them

that he'd take me to the people's court, screaming "Fraud!" and I'd be crucified by Judge Judy and all the expert witnesses the prosecution was sure to call. Shape hearing freak is