I like pinapples, but jim here says they remind him of the desert. I told him no, pinapples are from the rainforest and he...

Anyone who might have glanced my way would think nothing of me walking through the neighborhood in the morning. It was a school day and kids carry bags to school all the time.

Popping sounds always made Duran nervous, yet he could not hesitate when Uncle Simon offered the job at the champagne tasting company. His uncle had always fought for him.

Walking into the back of the restaurant, a waiter bumped him aside and apologized profusely. They'd turned down the lights since he'd left and were still a little blind. His knife

And as our train left the station, a weird announcement came on the PA system. "Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be moving shortly. We're waiting for...

This was ridiculous, you didn't get earthquakes in the south of England. But as the earth cracked around her, Roberta realised that this was no earthquake. This was a

It was time to write. The clouds had lifted to reveal a particularly beautiful sunset. L'mar felt that the clouds had also lifted from the crippling writer's block that had

A team of prostitutes, brigands, highwaymen, pirates, pimps, loiterers, shady folk, untrustworthies, hobos, criminals, thieves, pickpockets, delinquents and some French approached

He woke up groggy and sore from mysterious rug burns in yet more mysterious places. His nakedness was covered by a carelessly tossed afghan. The only sign of life was a blinking

"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity," I remember thinking! It's scary how something so good and exciting could turn our so badlyl!

It was doomed from the start. He liked Joy Division and Nick Cave, she liked Celine Dion and Susan Boyle. I'm not gonna say someone was right and someone was wrong, but, well,

You wanna know what happened that night? Really? Its silly, but i will tell you. I go as normally to the most near shop to buy tomato's, but it seems that no tomato's where here.

Disco balls are really the ultimate accessory. They are so versatile and really do snazz up any outfit. Too bad my boss seems to think they are a perfect substitute for a nice set

Pancho mindlessly flipped through the channels, unable to focus on any of the daytime programming he came upon. He was thinking of that paper airplane, the one that had killed

I bandaged my oozing toe with a strip of cloth I'd cut from an old shirt, winced, cussed as I put my sneakers back on. I really needed to control my temper. If I didn't stop kickin

I was trying to capture the static electricity in his hair. It was shooting it out in all directions and I was hoping for a spark. A little spark and I could increase the oxygen in

Her kids loved dinosaurs, but she couldn't take them to the natural history museum with its lies about evolution and how the earth had existed longer than the Bible said.

Joe was hooked on Twitter from day one. It wasn't until he started thinking all of his thoughts in under 140 characters that he began to see it as a problem.

The stench permeated the entire cave. There was no mistaking it, we had reached the lair of evil incarnate, death given mortal form -- B'chugerroth, lawgiver and master of the void

Immunity in those days was just a vague idea. No one was sure what it meant exactly. Would it make you immortal? Could everyone attain Immunity? Sally pondered over this as she st