With tomorrow being Valentine’s Day, that little zig-zag shirt wearing blockhead of a kid, will surely receive a big, heart shaped box of rocks from his so called friends, who

Burt Sterling put on his smoking jacket and lit a cigar. A man-about-town, raconteur, suave and dashing, he had everything girl could want - except money. He needed it right now

Be careful what you wish for, for instance; don’t fold souls into inanimate objects of papery wrath.

Ten years ago today, I went on a cruise to...

If you ever wake up from this nightmare tell your aunt Sandy that the

Towards the rotating knives

The crow said, "Get rid of your copier!" And flew off. Tammy finished her Tiger Tail. She looked around the office. Had anyone seen that crow? Heard it? Andy was

The first we saw of the Carpet King was a cloud of dust coming along the road to the farm. My mother was sitting on the step, picking stones out of the dried beans in a big enamel

I wasn't cut out to be a Teppanyaki chef. My flaming onion volcanoes collapsed, my jokes fell flat, and on multiple occasions I damaged a child's eye with an errant shrimp toss or

In my time I have been known by many names. Son, brother, sweetheart and Pop. To most folk though, I am Derek. Despite this

By 3 a.m. most of his skin had peeled off. The blood loss was obscene, but the fact that he was still "alive" confounded him. He had always been under the impression that he needed

I was at the New Year's Eve concert in Times Square when it happened. King of Rock n Roll Chuck Berry was singing "Roll over Beethoven" when Ludwig himself appeared on stage.

Then she tasted Gengrich's hair. Vanilla Icing. His head really was a giant Cupcake.

Welcoming a black mass in this world is a milestone for family friends. A black mass at the foot of your bed is always regarded as a gift from heaven.

Mrs. Owens had an amazing pair of knockers. They were enormous heavy things festooned with ornate decorations & hung heavily from front and back doors of her mansion. I lifted the

The scared child lay shivering on the labatory floor. All she knew that she was different from the others, her soft fur covering her body and her long winding tail along with her

Pinnochio had been cleared of perjury. Not really cleared, but at least had the charges dismissed, for now. That turncoat grasshopper was going to pay. "Always let your consc

"Peak oil is here!" read the headline. I looked at the long line of SUVs at the pump. We'd been caught sleeping. While the U.S. economy staggered, China's soared. Suntech dominated

The nematodes had taken infiltrated his brain. Slipping past each other like passengers in a bus station. But they were sonic worms. Able to

I looked around me. I fought of the cold winter breeze with a warm, comforting coffee.