With a trembling hand, I traced out the pentagram and press play on my iPod. The chant echoed through my parent's basement. My eyes went funny. I saw

Sand. Everywhere. Driven by the hot dry winds, beating against the windows and doors, the desert sand was finding its way in. As the house groaned under the pressure of each gust,

He paced anxiously back & forth, wearing a track in the cheap carpet. 9 1/2 months of dedicated study was supposed to prepare him, but right now he made coffee nervous. He entered

Her light dimmed a little. It always did that when Nelson walked into the room. His eyes stopped glowing. He knew it bothered her, but he didn't want her to forget his superior

They were an annoying lot and moved slow as tortoises. The PUN-ters, as they were cawled, wore their turtleneck uniforms, even when the heat was enough to make anyone snap.

From where he stood the sun glinted off the polished cazoleta and a thought fleeted past him of something he would not think again until many years later as

The machine sat silent in the centre of the room, its blades and hammers glistening in the dim light. Bill stared at the large button marked "Do not press." His eyebrow twitched.

Exceeding the velocity of light is trivial. It is much like flying. You must first forget that it's not possible and be willing to be experience non-light. It's much more difficult

You don't know me. I'm the one that puts that "Fruit of the Loom" sticker on those tidy whities you are sitting there in. Working at the computer in your underwear? I should

Dean Ackerman was head pollster for the Republicans. He's seen monsters but not like this. This was Caligula all over again. He wanted the numbers. So Dean lied and told him that

I am looking forward to the end of winter. :)

I've searched the Internet, but nowhere can I find advice on how to approach a spouse to tell 'em you think their rewatching of Hellraiser movies nightly before bedtime is creepy.

"Not another one!" she screamed. "It's me baby. Don't you remember? We really had

She pulled at my arm, dragging me onto the dance floor. Over the music, I shouted "I haven't had enough to drink to do this." She smiled and said something I couldn't hear. We

The volcano was about to erupt. I wasn't able to save them both. I had to choose between Kathy and my dog. I know Kathy had been great to me my entire life, but my dog made me

"Merry Christmas!" he said, more a challenge than a greeting. He waited, looking for the expression that would send him to sensitivity training. His wife had taken the kids and he

"This was more fun than pop rocks and soda pop," he thought as he strolled back up the line of nervous applicants. "7 was a lucky number, right?" he thought, savoring the quiet

like the regents of the outer worlds, he took time off to attend a molecular cruiser races. He hid the bitter regret proper to his station in life when his cruiser mowed down the

Bruce Hammersnatch always played by the rules. Always. Today would be no different.

It was a big room and the most deadliest 12 men in the world were gavered round the table "gentlemen, today we are here to discuss our revenge on