When Det. Manatee read the headline "Manatees could lose their endangered species status" in the morning edition of the Times, he went ballistic.

Bubba lived in a trailer in Georgia. He was on holiday, watching telly and eating a packet of crisps when he realized something was wrong. "What in tarnation?!" He went outside to

"So you thee, I juth god unruc ow ... ow ow kee wif my tsch ow ... ow ow. choice a cac-thee Doc." "Martin, a good fraction of succulent plants are not succulent. They're poison

The shadow of the Manatee fell across Amanda Widdershin's tarot spread one evening. "Detective! Would you like some tea?" Det J said, "I'd like your counsel on a case with occult p

We all knew Santa was a zombie when he started to crave brains. "Oh God, its Christmas Eve! If we don't stop him he'll bite all the children and their dogs!" Call the Snowman!

Somewhere out there she was watching. I knew she was. I wasn't sure why, and I wasn't sure how, but I knew she was. She appeared somewhere every day. Always dazed, yet focused.

Nigel liked to watch. Growing up with Bride of Frankenstein, The Godfather & the Thing from Another World, he had a rather distorted idea of human relations, so when his caretaker

Sometimes it’s best not to go home again. I never understood why they say "Home is where the heart is" because my heart has never been within my home. My heart belongs on the stage

Halls filled with kids of all kinds Diversities and Personalities and attitudes, it all interesting as I sit back and watch these people they swear their loyal but their not. Y LIE

"1,2,3,F@#$. 5,6,7,F@#$. 9,10,11,F@#$..."This new game her psychiatrist taught her was really working on controlling her temper thou she knew she wasn't suposed to use the F@#$ on

I'm frightened by what is now being called the posthuman condition. Before genetic enhancement therapies were the norm, we could always blame the human condition, or god...now we

Crydon swallowed the fear that crawled up his mouth. The Decteron's opticals remained fixed on his face plate, scanning, comparing his TechnoMoniker against

The house had been boarded up six days earlier. The other two cats had run off when the construction workers showed up, but the tabby, Vincent, had stayed under the bed because

You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far, 'Cause you know it don't matter anyway.

Welcome...welcome to my meat wall.

"Ichthyomancy and idioglossia are ignotum per ignotius" Uncle Ichabod used to say, but he suffered from latent Luciferous Logolepsy. Aunt Ida suffered from Involuntary Idiolalia.

Melisso Jettison reviewed the manifest. Fifteen solar tons of chrysanthemum flowers in the hold, for the tea drinkers of the outer rim. When did spacefaring become so humdrum? He

"Finally! With this atom powered invention no one will ever burn their tongue or the roof of their mouth on hot pizza again!" Exclaimed the scientist.

Her breath came out in short bursts as her legs carried her across the field, wet grass squishing beneath her sneakers. Sweat beaded on her forehead, bare arm wiping at it.

Their marriage was over before they'd even met.