In a well loved old farmhouse at the edge of a field, lived a sweet old man who made his living on pension cheques and preserves he made on the farm. This man had a special tallent

One sunny morning, I looked into the mirror and noticed that for absolutely no reason at all, a toenail was imbedded into my forehead. Either that, or it grew there. "Odd..." I

"The apocalypse is coming!" The weird guy-with-the-impending-doom-sign-strapped-to-his-front shouted. I was figuring this one was a total loon, when the whole earth started

Ever since Jen had purchased the dancewriter™, her writer's block and extra pounds were a thing of the past. Today she'd tap danced an essay on Exercise Software for New Yorker

I said, "Shamone!" "Shah-mone-ah!" then I rapped my cobra-headed cane against the Gaiaen portal and said, "Heee-heeee!" Thundering and rumbling broke across the wide expanse

The sun was shining as I awoke to the sound of screaming. I ran out of my backalley shelter into the thriving streets of New Seatown, the biggest city on the west coast. Then I saw

"I wish we didn't have to wear clothes. That'd be cool unless I lived in a cold place. But dogs look so happy, just spreading their junk on the ground." Kaitlin looked at Mark

Ivan cut off another chunk of bear shank, refilled his mug of Kvass & returned to the Smoked Eels single table. Yuri had spiked the Kvass with vodka, & their little roulette game

THE FOLDINGSTORY CODE. I'd been using FoldingStory for several months now. I noticed sometimes plots would resurface when all clues were lost. How was this possible!? I got chills.

Echo walked, focusing on the throbbing in his arm to drown out his rage. He was supposed to be a good bounty hunter, but teaming up with thugs was turning out to be a bad idea.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something & knowing something. I held little of the claim that knowing somethings real name gave you control over it

The goblin snarled, brandished its spear, yelled "Bree Yark!" at the top of its lungs, then charged. The magic user cast Floating Disc, is only spell, then ran back to the Keep on

"So, tell me about yourself," said my new psychiatrist. I just sat there & looked at him into uncomfortable silence. Then I reached into my bag & pulled out my Howdy Doody puppet.

He finds it hard to keep coming back to me when I continue to insult him for cheating on me every time he gets high.

The gun slinger SlimWhitman roamed across the western Swiss Alps on his trusty steed. SlimWhitmans's trusty steed was called

The big day was here. My parents were driving and I was in the backseat. I was listening to my favorite band on the radio trying to stay calm

The line for the new iPad was three blocks long at 5am and people were getting testy. When an old lady tried to get to the bus stop, someone shouted “NO CUTS!” and a riot broke out

We were charged with coming up with new cereal concepts revolving around celebrities. Some, like Al Frankenberries, never made it past the concept stage, but others, such as Honey

After I'd used up most of the credit on prank calls, I thought it would be funny to text a message to a random person on the address list. I wrote "Where should I dump the body?"

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