The moment I dreaded had arrived. It was time to explain myself. "I... I was just trying to..."

I called the helpline. "What's the capital of ex-Upper Volta, aka Bukina Faso?" It was a trick question. The answer is Ougadougou, but pronounced Wagadugu. "Are you suicidal?" said

Future, not far from present day. A group of a young religious cult began to act with a radical idea of a Human Life form Cycle with cloning and terra-biotic. They called Reliquan!

Jherek Manatee of Mars toasted Old Earth from his timeshare condo on Tharsis Ridge. He found himself in a Byronic mood and dispersed the expats so he could ruminate in solitude. Th

In the morning I have to go see my new therapist. i don't think I want the prodding again. But I know I need it. Ever since the Shrub was elected my affiliation w Consensus Reality

Once upon a time there was a really mean principal named, Mrs. Cappacino. She locked her students in her office and yelled until her eyes bugged out of her face. She walked down

One of the biggest problems in the world, is the amount of oil that the world has. This is the story about a boy that goes on his way into the world to

"Tojo, I've a feeling we're not in Osaka anymore," said Emperor Hirohito.

The bright stars glowed with a passion, as if they were brimming with pride. Against the blue hues of the sky, they stood out like

I was in my room when i saw a spider and it bit me. I turned into spiderwoman and got green goblin and then i was on my way home when another spiderwoman came up and it was on, so

For fuck sake!Who did he think he was?She had tried to explain,but there was no reasoning with him and he was the wrong one...still he hung up on her leaving her no choice but to

She knows that it is going to be her day, whatever things happen, finaly she will be able to keep her promise to Dad. It was raining heavily outside, she lighted a cigar and

He was a racist but he was also the pastor of an African American church. His whole existence was like a civil war. Two halves hating each other. How did a White Pastor become the

"Anna, take your sister upstairs." Mother says forcefully as she stares out the window with a dreadful look on her face."What's wrong?" I ask, but she replies with,

"Did you see that? Wait, there it is again. Someone lives there!" Ron, tugged my arm pulling me towards the delapidated, overgrown Mansion. "I dunno, Ron." "Scared?" Grinning, Ron

In Search of Lost Time I counted: 180 characters at 5 letters a word plus spaces is 30 words per fold, so 9,792 folds amounts to 293,760 words which at 250 word per page is 1175pp!

Dusting off his new leather jacket, Kiran winked at the curvy waitress approaching him. He had always been a flirt. "Have a seat at table 10", she said cautiously.

"So what I'm saying is the dinosaurs were just too big for the ark, see? So they all became extinguished. - it was thirty cubits high. That's your cretaceous boundary right there.

Eran las 8:30 de una mañana cualquiera. Estábamos en clase y la tranquilidad de la noche había terminado. Los niños gritaban, se empujaban y maldecían su suerte.

They were only on day 6 of their 10,500 year trip to planet Tyche, far in the frozen Oort Cloud, when a stray micrometeorite destroyed their supply of coffee.