Squawkers, everyone's favorite parakeet, hit a dark time in his life when puberty hit. His voice was changing & people would make fun, calling him squeakers. He needed to prove his

This was the worst downpour in decades, yet the gale and thunder could not silence the creaking sound of the rope tucking Spencer's throat. The gang leader had finally been hanged.

The miserable British rain ambled down my window pane without enthusiasm. As I looked out onto the street, an ambulance whizzed past, shrieking at the top of it's voice. "Damn,

By the time the parachute opened there wasn't time to prepare for the landing, all I could think was I wish I asked her

"Dance!" the captain demanded. Two

Since my friend Geoff got married, it seems he is off the map. Where does the map lead us? Perhaps you might find

Li's mother had gone to protect the honor of the family, but as his brother, in order to protect the family name. When the queen fell in love with "him"-Li's life with the princess

It was festive. That's all he'd wanted from his Christmas and he was getting it, even though he'd never made it home. Who'd have thought a leather bar's Christmas Eve Freak Night

She spoke my name with a melody that I'd never heard before. A song danced along each intonation and echoed a sugar coating from my lips to my heart. Not touching her was not an

Over time he had become more like a genuine DMV office worker. Pencils and pens in his bun, his moo moo was the right shade of pink, he had flip flops with that thick sole

He had been polite in this "romantic" relationship long enough. The brainless courtesies, the phony listening. The repeating. He had made a special dinner so that he could

He was told not to read the book, but why the hell did the old man sell it to him, if not to read? When the demons started crawling from the hole in the floor, he began to wonder

"April's Adventures, how can I help you?" Her voice was far too perky and I had had far too little sleep. "How about a library visit in August," I snarled, my bad mood bleeding

Ewan dodged into the cardboard box. His keen mouse ears trickled blood and his the darkness encroached. He sheathed his sword and kissed Monica for the final time. The gun dug into

That's when Buddha appeared. He wasn't fat like Chinese renditions. He was a thin Indian dude. "What are you doing here?" John was in the Pizza Hut kitchen making a meat lover's

While in his room I slowly wrapped my mouth around the warmthness of

I think I'll go for a walk outside now. The summer sun's calling my name.

Tried and true. Ready and willing. Live and learn. The cliche-prone prostitutes

And as our train left the station, a weird announcement came on the PA system. "Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be moving shortly. We're waiting for...

The ragged black slippers quietly disintegrated at his feet; chewed up reminders of a dog who fetched them. She had been, of course, eaten long ago. Times were tough and meat