This is the craziest thing I have ever seen in my life.

The marigolds that year came from a darker sea. Goats died, cows shriveled in the field, and potatoes were greener than the hills. Seamus and Eileen stared into their "hope broth",

"Ryan? Ryan are you there?" Only the whispy trail from the last Manchester airport departure disturbed the peaceful sky as an unshaven figure emerged cautiously from a trolley.

"PLYMOUTH COLONY MASSACRED!" the headlines screamed. "ABORIGINAL TRIBES REPUDIATE PROTESTANTISM, CITE DISDAIN FOR LATENT UNITARIANISM! RISIBILITY TOWARDS TRANSCENDENTALISM FEARED!"

The news called it "Death from Above", the tabloids called it "we told you so!", and the fear-mongers called it "we're already dead so let's go crazy and kill each other."

I never understood why chocolatiers mix chocolate with chilies, Is it that they're both from the Americas? The alliteration? Or just an evil plot to ruin two perfect ingredients?

the deep darkness of this room makes the best hero's to shiver to run away like a baby. and what do you expect from a real baby to do that cold breeze on my face it makes the hairs

Sometimes relationships can be about distance -- lots and lots of distance. I really don't want the intrusions of others to influence the finely balanced stew in the crucible of my

Cincinnati?! Cincinnati?! What the hell is there to do in Cincinnati? Frank shook his head at Betty in amazement that she so yearned to vacation in such an oddly named city.

"Where to?" asked the taxi driver. He looked back, noticing a burly, armored man wielding a halberd. "Raiders fan?" The man gripped his weapon. He was actually an executioner from

Manuel driving his marine Oldsmobile down the bridge was just trying to get home in Queens when his old friend just gave up on him...He never thought that day would come!

We were at Champs de Mars. The Eiffel Tower spotlight swept across the night sky like a giant eye and stopped, fixing us with its bright beam. The arclike legs were walking towards

I always wanted to name a kid Spock.

It was a classic Catch22. I had contracted Legionnaire's disease at a gentleman's club, but was supposed to have been at the Admiral's Ball. Faced with a Hobson's choice of whether

The recruitment officer stared at me. "A building's on fire, you have to save everyone inside. What are your preferred tactics?" I thought about it. "I like the orange ones. Why?"

He stepped out into the night. The fog swirled. The street lights flickered.

I'd just sat down to breakfast when I felt myself shrinking. I'd been leaning over my frosted wheats when it started, so naturally I found myself naked, 1 inch tall and swimming

Chan Chan exited the alleyway into the street. The glowing outline of the Needle shot up behind the sillhouette of smaller buildings in the ever murky Shanghai skyline. Buildering

Would chocolate be enough to bribe the border control police into letting me cross into Canada?? I had left my passport and ID in my wallet! And God only knew where I had left

Rain fell onto my cheeks, and fell off with the tears. It was at that moment that I just knew that he wouldn't come. Not today, not ever. Why had I ever thought he was going to?