I'm not entirely sure how it had started, but I'd begun inadvertently living out the lyrics to the songs of They Might Be Giants. I like them, but things became pear-shaped when I

"You can't fight evil with evil" said Jim. Aubry loathed Jim and set out to disprove him by releasing hyper-virulent mosquito HIV to end malaria. 3 days later, it mutated to humans

Joe Harris crooned bitterly to his beer, "All the old dudes carry the news," while around him robots upgraded themselves and transhuman youngsters dated transdimensional beings fr

It is always the coldest right before the sun breaks the bleak eastern horizon. The lights from SpaceDock 1 were still visible but would be invisible soon. I remember when...

Black beans, black beans, have you any wool? Yessir, yessir, uracil.

Thanks, I already did. Help yourself by helping others. You don't believe that chicken. I don't either. A nice country ham has no regrets; a good one has a few. But the best swine

It was a dark and stormy night which is unusual considering it was three o'clock in the afternoon and not a cloud in the sky. The air was thick with humidity and the weatherman was

If only there was a song for every room, every room a song, then there would be room for every song. A song for every rock, a rockstar for every song. Who thinks he’s a rockstar?

Everyone was watching. This was finally Bert's chance. He ran down the runway toward Ernie, bounced on the trampoline and

"Enhance that bit." We could finally read the license plate. It was reflected off the store window, the sheen of the motorcycle helmet and her cornea. "Those ATM cameras record

My favorite art is from the 50s, 60s and 70s when

The fluffy cat trotted through the yard with a fat, juicy dove in her smiling mouth. She ran past the window of her house where her family sat eating dinner. Their jaws dropped.

A gentle but ominous wind sips through the window; the curtains ripple and the door creaks. Jess was sure the windows were shut in the morning before she stepped out. She

Day 2,346,439 since the destruction of the colonies. From the personal log of Swill Adamant, 5-Star Rear Double Admiral of the Colonial Fleet and the Cattle Car Impractical:

This is the story of the lovely rose bush. It began long ago, with a merry throng that lasted

I'm beginning to crave a pizza. I look up at the gray vastness of my living room. I know there is not much food for me in the fridge. I should just order some now.

What is the meaning of life?

"I beleive its time to go Eric" Jason whispered "I've overstayed my welcome." Looking back at the crowd of angry brawlers Jason slowly moved towards the door when Eric walked up to

His vision rage red, Max Jones plowed through the other shoppers in a berserk frenzy. "MINE!!!" The next moment, he awoke strapped to a table in a secret Army facility. "Congratula

The April Reserve was once a beautiful expanse of native wildflowers & rolling hills. Rabbits cavorted & harriers nested. But an altered fire regime coupled with increased nitrogen