Gerard woke yet again to the rusted shackles round his infected wrists. And yet he was somehow stirred to shout for joy toward the far window of his tower cell, that others might

By the time the officer made it to the window, she’d climbed over me and I’d slid under. She took my baseball cap and I took her black Ray-bans. That was usually sufficient

His prom really was a surprise. When he got out of the limo he was on Mars. How did Mr. Daniels pull this off? Of course, he still didn't have a date, but the night was young.

She deeply loved him and respected him. It was undying romantic devotion. It was because he was rich.

In the Outback under an inky sky filled with perilously bright stars glowing overhead I rediscovered the fear of the unknown. The hairs on my nape stood up. Were we being watched?

Why? Why? Why??? The words screamed inside his head, as he rushed down the highway...cars screeching their breaks to avoid him.

That commercial on TV has it all wrong. The best part of waking up is

"Mothra is coming," he thought to himself. Somehow he knew. He put fresh water and food in the cat's bowls, and pulled out some work-clothes from a pile. He packed his lunch and

"You know you're not supposed to be within a hundred yards of me." He stepped forward, covering my dress with footprints. At least the homicide detectives would know his shoe size

The TV announced "Only 10 more shopping days until Christmas". Zeeno replied, "10 more days & the world ends. Let's see what's left on my list? Replace mannequins at Macy's with

What bugs me about the internets, is why do they call that thing a "mouse", and also, the fact that this computer thing doesn't resemble nor does it taste anything like an "apple"

They were gone, all of them. I came home, and they were gone.

The young girl sat at the feet of the old man. "Tell me, sensei, the secrets of comedy." "You are too young now, my child. But when you are grown, mention of monkeys, pants and pie

There it was. A ruby-encrusted golden medallion. If only I could get past the case. I ever-so-slightly move the case and

This is your brain.

When you're the squirrel, you never really wonder. You just dance along the telephone wires and bury a few acorns. This, he realized, was different. There

He peeped into the Jim Beam bottle. It took him two years, but it was finally done, the entire Manhattan skyline out of balsa wood and toothpicks. Then he sneezed,

He'd had enough time to hide the body that'd owned the suit he was wearing in bathroom's maintenance closet. He jammed a key into the lock and broke it off, so it would be hours

The shivering young lady wept over the lifeless body of her baby son. She leaned down and kissed his cold forehead saying goodbye to him, he no longer would be living on earth.

Slim pushed aside the old AM radio. The dust made him cough. "It's got to be here somewhere," he grumbled "Or else