As the Baby-Trapeze shot the Taco-Bell dog at the European Waffle-House waitress, the man realized that

Tilly drenched herself in honey and patted flour on the sticky spots. The cinnamon buns were from cinnamon, but the effect was the same. He was on a diet and couldn't touch her.

He held his breath and handed her the envelope. Her man's last words were written on it, and they were for his wife. She paused and opened it, grimacing. His wife would never see.

After the incident, Big Dummy was apprehensive to reclaim his captain's seat aboard the Dummy Bus. Every passenger was silently mocking him, especially the damned Beagles. Moe was

Kara sighed. Her room mate was late. Again. She took out her phone and dialed her number. Voicemail. She

Wayne was a misery-guts. 'Wayne the whinger', they called him at the office. He didn't care what they called him. He had plenty to grouch about

The space ship landed on top of the school. Jobe and Adam had snuck up there to smoke and drink beer. They woke up, saw the door open and inside the ship was Abraham Lincoln

When the snow turns into spring, there is usually joy and elation all around. But on this day

Nigel was beside himself as he watched CNN. A teabag on a hatbrim had been the secret sign of being an expat, but now these rubess had taken it, like metrosexuals with left earring

The Dragon High Council meets once a year for one day. During this time, philosophical differences are put aside in favor of governing and protecting the whole of Dragon kind.

Wall Street was already capturing an out-sized portion of total U.S. profits and revenues, and the military-industrial complex was already running amok in a number of small nations

The boy sat in the center of the pool of blood, but was not touched by it. He had influence over the elements of blood and fire. His eyes burned and tears evaporated to steam

The gun in Lucy's pocket seemed to grow heavier as she drew it out of her pocket and aimed it at the Prime Minister. It's just a job, she thought as she pulled the trigger, not my

He proposed and offered me everything I've ever wanted. Security, comfort, never challenged, never worried. I turned him down. I wouldn't want a guy who wants a woman like that.

Cowboy TV is a cowboy, but he is also a television set! Everybody loves Cowboy TV!

You love Cowboy TV because

How could they know that their new home for the evening was not one of the three pair of jeans I cycled through twice weekly, but the oft forgotten black sheep of the closet?

turned off onto into a gas station hoping to locate a hose to cleanse my soiled shoe, or gun with which to shoot myself. I fantasized walking into the mini-mart that almost all

I contemplated the idea of Karma for a half second until a flying crowbar crashed through my windshield and awakened me again. I took another deep breath and slammed the stick in

I slid out of the way without comment, taking and putting on her sunglasses. When the officer arrived, Iris rolled down the window and stared blankly at him, waiting.