The year was ADR3498 and the old republic guards were worn out from the constant battles that had taken their toll over the last two millenia. Many had come and gone.

Well, I was at an e-learning conference and the rain was pouring.

One day, Steve was going about his "normal" day as a secret agent. However, today ended up being much more than he would have ever expected when

It was Friday and muggy. He kicked off his shoes, loosened his neck-tie and poured himself a whiskey. Just as he sat

"Stella!" I yelled, waking myself up. It took me a few minutes to orient myself to my stark apartment. Here was my dirty sheet wrapped around me, there was my playboy centerfold,

She looked up at him with the deepest look of disdain that she could muster. "Tell me, Hugh, why on Earth

When I first saw Maya, she was this little and malnourished girl who ceased to respond to any cuddles or hugs given to her. But strangely, I felt attracted towards her.

One day, Natalie, tall, skinny, and very pretty went to the store to buy some groceries to take home and there was a guy she had noticed that had followed her in the store

"Not another one!" she screamed. "It's me baby. Don't you remember? We really had

Number crunching, it looked like the company could afford any of the options, but the

Moo said the cow when the sun started to come up. When I hear the cow in my sleep I wake up and

I told you before that when you want something done, you hire three contractors for peanuts and give the massive bonus to whomever succeeds first.

"Let's ride," he said. Plumes of blood and gristle rained down on his lips. The salty copper of the kill overran his tongue. The vomit awoke, where it slept deep in the pit of

“You have a reputation as the kind of guy who’s not to be fucked with. Ice-cold under pressure”, Ben started, not getting to the point. “I didn’t come out here to be flattered”

Once upon a time, there

Everything was fine when the birds stopped singing and the wind no longer blew, but once our reflections started lying,

A dirty blond girl from my high school staggered out behind him pulling down her skirt. Seeing Kevin, she turned around and threw up, clambering for the porcelain which had recent

He had five minutes to find love once the competition started, but when the self-proclaimed narcissist stepped victoriously in front of the mirror & the red light buzzed a denial,

In that climate, treachery swam between thick breaths in whispers. The bar would have been god forsaken, if such a god existed. As it was, only pulse rifles and batpacks commanded

He was one of those Hodpodge stiffs that says, "Nice!" after everything someone says. He also still wore those dorky shirts that have THC in place of KFC logos,