leaping upon the counter was a nice surprise to Hrengor the Beholder, who had been thinking of shutting down his interstellar food-court smoothie bistro. Hrengor blinked at the cat

cat whom he had disrespected for eight years, and whose comeuppance he thought he'd escape. Leaving that aside, the creature had learned some advanced Mandarin, which

Just so you know, it has been so quiet out here, despite whatever psychotic crap has been going on elsewhere. Please don't bring any of that here. Otherwise you are welcome.

but something wasn't right and possibly very wrong. Jeb's Pool Palace used to feel like a comfortable place to me. Some of us geezers might have watched as Brenda adjusted her

Mrs. Cavanaugh had a fear of frogs, which was an obstacle to her teaching career until her grandson's classmates somehow deterred him from spritzing frog-scent in her classroom.

It's a release and a way to comment on stuff, it's a way to play, it's a way to remind, and for me also a way to learn how to write more succinctly. How about you?

but was also moved to mention that maybe more contrast would be better, e.g., "I never found a lover in abandoned shopping malls." Well,

By then, Olivia knew that a combo of optimism and boldness was the only way forward. However, she kept her panache in reserve as she entered the post-apocalyptic coffee shop, where

"Have you noticed the second presence yet?" Granny Teressa once asked me from beyond. "No, no, but thank you for asking. I think I turned out to be kind of psi-blind, except for

"What am I doing here?" wondered Hrengor the Beholder. "Sure, I did give up slaughtering dungeon ninnies and have seen such a cosmic variety of incarnates visit my smoothie booth,

Mrs. Anderson broke her chalk against the chalkboard, perhaps because of some sudden surfacing of a bitterly embarrassing moment to which she had a strong reaction. Her students

It was under the influence of Thomas Ligotti that I entered the nearest diner; which upon reflection did seem strange, given he was not usually known for stepping out. Nevertheless

Dunno. Why? I Dunno. But there might be a way to know, and that would be to ask Dunno himself. How might that go? - Hi Dunno! - You dunno what? - I not Dunno, you Dunno! So you

"This is life" she tells herself. Sitting all alone, blackout drunk at work, at 2pm on a wednesday. Life has been rough lately. A recent addiction to cheese has slowly taken over,

they erupted with a violent orgasm out of nowhere. They'd been digitally manipulating the sensory cluster and had almost forgotten the surrounding context. "C'mon, let's roll. This

-welve punches to the groin. Hot damn! but his little mushroom package turned out to be unexpectedly dodgy. Predictably, he rubbed some ketchup on his groin for the photo-op

might be overshadowed and overlooked by some poor baby-man attention whore. April of 2026

Why not just write in English if you are going to set it in London? We can't all read Turkish, you know.

space worms crawling out of Captain Yurio's flesh, please remember that those are also sentient in their own way. Dr. Yuki McLellan tried to balance all considerations; however,

you to drown a puppy every 12-18 months and for this to work you can not ingest any nutmeg whatsoever. If you can do that, your spamming troubles are over for good. Questions?