She had lived in a bubble her entire life; no, not that metaphorical bubble in which attractive people receive compliments (she was butt-ugly). It was a real bubble made of

Family gatherings were always a nasty business but at Uncle Ed's Wake was worse. We were sitting at the dining room table quarreling when someone started playing footsie with me

She was halfway through preparing the payroll invoices when she thought to herself 'Damn, I'm too hungover for this, and far too baked.' I'll just give everybody

At school they sat next to each other, but what he didn't know what that she loved him, very much, she never had the guts to tell him but she did. One day while they were walking

Between the dumpsters, he connected his laptop, syphoning power from the local McDonald's. His dirty hands tapped furiously out his latest blog. "They don't know yet, but soon

"Ave Maria,cheia de graça.O Senhor é convosco."Amélia was praying the Holly Mary at a little chapel in Lisboa.Her knees hurt.Her mouth was dry.She missed her son,and asked for a

“I dropped my contact!” she yelled. Since this was Minnesota, everyone stopped moshing and helped her search. The lights went up and Death Kraut for Cutty had to stop the set. She

Jimmy clipped the coupon from his Shazam comic book. For only $6.95 + S&H, he would own a Polaris Nuclear sub. He hoped it would be better than the Sea Monkeys. When the truck

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I hadn't thought it them for years. Horned Toads. Then today I saw one in the back yard. first I though of one and then I saw one. Did the thought make it happen or pre-deja view.

Herbert was relaxing on the patio on a warm July evening, enjoying his gin & tonic, when suddenly the stones beneath him gave way and he found himself plunging, still in his chair

It was midnight and I was fast asleep. I woke up suddenly. I could hear someone crying. I looked through my window and that's when I saw her, a young girl, maybe nineteen years old

As Roberta drove along, a huge pothole appeared in the road. It wasn't the fear of driving into it, as to what suddenly appeared out of it. A giant

Ants, so far, outlive us, we shan't likely outlive them, but owing to the obvious differences in scale, we can hardly be said to be leading lives commensurate with those of ants.

I found out that if I just added random jargon and cutting profanity, it didn't matter what anyone thought, I would rise to the top. "Quantity, over quality" I always say.

No day spent at Nimm's home would have suggested to the visitor that another seven billion people were crawling over the planet more or less simultaneously. The island was all his.

"I cannot imagine a better way to end this day", Margot thought to herself. The 22 ounce Black & Tan before her was perfectly poured and the man who wouldn't stop talking wasn't

"Fuck Thee, Morpheus. Bitch, I am the One." "Mon, you be crampin ma styles." "Peace Out!" Now to fly off in my spaceship. But what is that over yonder on the horizon?

"Well pickle my poltergeist!" exclaimed Shawanda. "In all my years in the exorcism business I've never seen anything like this!" In the bed lay a young girl cradling a

Hair loss, Ha! Tell me about it. I've tried everything under the sun to get my curls back. Horse muck doesn't work, neither does applying banana skins. Today I'll try rubbing in