Then he gave me the look that only a father can give his daughter. It’s the look that says “I carried you on my shoulders. I put a band-aid on your knee. I just want this one favor

Hot fat and delirium congealed somewhere at the base of his skull. The time of magic and will had given way to a chaos unanticipated by the great tomes. To be undone by a pan of

They say that the head stays alive for two minutes after it's been decapitated. The lack of this knowledge was the cause for Bob's mild confusion as he sailed over the edge of

Every single box in the toy store now had all of the pertinent information in English and Spanish. The way he could tell the expensive ones from the cheap ones, they had French too

The pistol unsheathed itself from his pocket. He never fired it, but waved it around and pointed it when his telekinesis blasted away his enemies. Ballistics would never find a

Cannon balls was a euphemism that'd backfired back into his face. Cassandra wasn't the type of woman to let such a claim go unverified and her cutlass ensured a docile subject for

She meandered down the aisles, looking for that perfect gift. It had to be strong, but elegant. Versatile and unique. She frowned. There were so many options at Spatula City...

The only thing worse than waking up dead in the morning is

The open road beckoned, as it always did this time of year. Long silver ribbons of open highway curved like the small of her back, beckoning a soft touch, a lingering glance.

Tiny puffs of Styrofoam floated by him. Movie sets usually used soap flakes, but he was allergic. This also made it awkward at shower time, or when selling a car. Still, smugly

Let me tell you, being Noah's neighbors on the cul de sac is no picnic. All that builder racket, and I know for a FACT that that friggin ark is one cubit into my lawn. I've a good

The Donkey was very large and looked like it could crash a whole town in a matter of minutes.

When she walked into my office, I knew that this was going to be a day that I would always remember. She wore

He was Mehdi, Chemical Ali's brother and

I knew I shouldn't have done it, but our relationship has always been adversarial in the extreme. When she challenged me on what other ways there were to skin a cat, the gauntlet

Cowboy TV got his friends Wizard Microwave, Pirate Phone, and Berserker Stereo together to take out Pimp Monitor and Ninja Radio once and for all! Their plan was to

I didn’t want to get out of the car and go back in the house. My rust colored El Camino’s battery was in the fifteenth round and was against the ropes pissing blood.

My father, uninterested in sticking around for the next life saving maneuver, had stumbled back into his old truck and swerved off toward the liquor store.

The sobs were louder but were interrupted by a staccato of defiant grunts and the sounds of fists hitting flesh. I’d seen and heard plenty of street fights in my seventeen years

Iris wheeled around and punched Ronny in his buck teeth, causing him to spin backward as his two bottle openers popped free in a splash of blood that also opened up the skin on her