The surface of the water was littered with bodies; twenty to thirty meters out. It was his twelfth birthday, but it was time. He walked out onto the ripples, resurrecting them

I lay on a gurney to be wheeled to my appendectomy. Nurse pricked my arm and chatted: "Shot works pronto, so you're disorientated and speak funny. On to your heart surgery!". Chid.

I have billions of dollars, I am going to cure malaria. I have billions of dollars, I am going to run for president. I have billions of dollars, I am going to dress as a bat.

By 4:04PM today, I will get my abilities back in full, and everything that is needed, to fix me. But if tomorrow never happens, then Time will stand still. People would interrupt

I gazed through the blinders hanging before the train window at the moire pattern formed by the neat rows of rice plants. We passed a crossing and the warning tone doppler-shifted

You cant break up with me. We... I gave everything I had to you. How can you do this too me? She yelled. I'm sorry I said. It hurt to see her in pain. but what could i do?

Shirley burped. Her face turned a bright pink as she squirmed in the pew, and Reverend Dickey began another long winded prayer. "Oh Lord,

She had short hair, glasses and was 53. She wore "juicy" sweats and stopped her cart in the middle of Costco abruptly. Always abruptly.

It was dark and cramped in there. The girl faces were hidden behind thick layers of cheap slutty make-up and dirty smears of semen. Enforcing their lack of privacy, I

Shouldn't we be questioning everything? I mean, instead of making statements, don't you think we'd be a lot smarter if we just asked questions instead? Like, why in the world

I really want to get into the real estate business but my mind will not change from being lazy and

The roots of the plant twisted and wrapped around her neck. She regretted every having watered it or given it that expensive plant food. Now that it was walking and killing, she

Like a fool I had taken the bait. The filthy red lipstick had put me right where she wanted me. If I drool now I might never make it. It's do or die time, first and ten, bottom

Excerpt patient 101: I saw light around me. And my dad dancing with his suit. Mom is lying in bed with a man called J. Daniels. I laugh, I fly away. Can you fly doctor? I can.

It was the night before my birthday. And from my window, the rainy world outside seemed like the saddest place.

One day Sam received a postcard from Florida. It showed a small Hotel with a pink flamingo & palm lined beach, on the back "Wish you were here" but no signature or address.

Can you teach a bear to dance?

The black clouds were rolling up above. I could hear the crack of thunder. I was cold, hungry, and tired. Still, I pushed on. I needed to get out of the rainforest and back to

Hank farted in his car and waited for the foulness to rise past his balls, filter through the skid-marked underwear and into his nose. Crap! It was a stinker. What will Dr.

When the beginning of your story starts to sound like trash, you maybe know you're getting close. To what? Believe me, poverty makes us do things we never thought we might ever do.