The blacksmith agreed to forge me an axe if I brought him the head of a manakete and a vial of virgin tears. I didn't know of any virgin crybaby manaketes, so this would take time.

Lisa was lying on her bed flipping through her ipod all the while in disbelief that she was even allowed an ipod in this place. Her calandar told her she had

Compensating for wind, distance, and the curvature of the earth, Earl took aim at the unsuspecting

For most folks the fine line between creative writing and nonsensical jibberjabber is crossed right around

When 2+2 did not equal 4, I knew Dooper was back in town. When the cat fell and broke it's back I knew Dooper was in the house. When my toast landed butter side down I knew Dooper

Fairy dust does not exist? Well, tell that to Pam, who

"I am BATMAN!" "I AM GROOT!" "I AM IRON MAN"... "BATMAAN!!" "GROOOT!!" "IRON MAAAN!!"

There I was. The waves had washed me ashore on this, apparently, deserted island. The storm had sunk the boat I was traveling on with my school friends. It was supposed to be the

Since the police had me tagged as a suspect, I knew then I had to incinerate my garbage. Any phone bill, any left-over sandwich wrapper, could link me to the scene.

The funeral wasn't well attended. And the people who did attend were the oddest bunch you ever saw. But they were kind spirited people, and that meant a lot more to me than one of

I was loitering around, then out of nowhere, these freaking pears came rolling down the hallway. There were too many for my dodge ball skills to handle.

"Arre you ready?" Those three words broke my inatentive stare. "Sure." I replied as I adjusted my suit cuff. We walked up the stairs, and knocked on the door, and waited. Soon the

My fingers tingled as I prepared for my first gig as a guitarist with a rock band. So here I was, the room was dark, the joint smelled of stale drink, I was nervous, yet ...

She looked up at the two story brick building, reading the rustic sign above the door that read "Minden High School". This was her first day of high school and

My mom was the only one who liked and commented on my photo. "That's my beautiful boy!XOXO", her comment said.

An atom is the basic unit of structure of all things. Without it where would we be?

Amanda Widdershins pined for the farmhouse where she was born and the fields where she played. Her apartment was nice by modern standards, but too flat and geometric and un

Joe was surprised when he saw the sand whirlpool. He didn't think those existed outside of video games, and definitely not in the middle of a volleyball field.

Nothing ruins your enjoyment of a video game like a boss monster leaping through the TV screen and into your room. I realized, right then, that buying from that mysterious game sho

She looked into his black beady eyes and started to whimper. She saw the devil in those eyes. She winced as his hand grabbed her wrist.