the sky was dark and the air was muggy, it has been three days since the accident has happened and we have still had no communication from the outside world.

Yup. She was definitely dead. Oh Jesus, this is not good. Not good at all.

Like many people,Manny was a people-pleaser.It didn't please HIM,but it felt like the right thing to do.Until a day when

"Por favor,bom dia...",Carl was having trouble with his Portuguese.He needed to find the house and talk to Maria asap,but nobody knew that street.not even the cab driver.Time was r

Back in his thatched and round abode, Merlin laid out his cloak of black feathers near the peat fire and sat to type out the lyrics for his next top-40 hit. The old black Royal cla

Once upon a time long ago, there was a

She became caretaker for the woman who gave birth to her; a woman whose brain was being relentlessly ravaged by prions attacking and rearranging the very proteins of her

At age 42 and starting a new career—I’m not-so-subtly being reminded that I’m not “entry level” age.

Now place the two rafters sideways on the ground and insert the

When the magic of her smile faded, it was withering. She drained the friendly out of her face whenever her friends disappeared, just in case someone beneath her might look in her

There once lived a guy who lived a shoe. His shoe was way too big for him and it stunk really bad. Instead of putting foot powder in his shoe, he sprayed cologne everyday.

His eyes were open, dead to the world and reflecting nothing but the flies that climbed on them. I started to close them, like in the movies, but stopped at one. I liked winking.

He was getting ready to spread it like mayonaise when the door flung open.

Wearing his freshly ironed white blouse and black tie Chuck sat in his cubicle, passively clicking button after button on the keyboard. "Gee, I sure wish

He'd spent eight years in jail for causing an accident that killed an entire family. Kids died. He'd plead innocent, but went to jail. His eyes rose. Toyota had announced a recall

Treaties signed, the president walked down the hall. Y2k had gone well and the American people were worried about almost nothing. The budget surplus and economic prosperity were

Había una vez una profesora que se sentía frustrada porque sus alumnos no tenían interés en su aprender. Se daba cuenta de que sus métodos de enseñanza eran obsoletos. Un día,...

"Stop right there!" I screamed. My eyes widened as the rhino slowed to a trot, then halted in a cloud of dust. I knew this was my only chance.

I hate my grandma's attic. It's creepy and smells like moldy socks. Probably because there are moldy socks up there, along with the rest of dear departed grandpa's other things.

FoldingChat was a debacle from the get-go. Meant to connect the folding community, it instead led to the abandonment of its parent site. The first murder occurred within a week of