It was a typical Wednesday, no one noticed, but then again they never did. I reached for my pencil and began adding the totals, it was then

"That's the last time I ask for a drink in that place", I said warily, as I gently held the antiseptic wipe to my swollen

Once upon a time. Before the earth was created. When everything simple and complex as 1 and 0.

While Julie was walking down the street, an alien ship appeared. She screamed and ran toward home. The alien creatures chased her. Just as she was opening her door, one of them

Padding toward him, Julian saw Pepper, the dog he inherited from his niece, Kelly, when she moved away to college. They didn’t allow dogs in the dorms. That was 6 years ago and

Once upon a time, there lived a handsome man named Eric and a beautiful woman named Cynthia. They met through mutual friends even though they lived in different cities.

Rumpelstiltskin had reformed. With plenty of therapy, he no longer craved gold and other people's children. He was now married to one of the seven dwarves' sister, and they lived

As he  had done so many times before, perhaps 10 or 12 times now, the mastermind watched Alice rest peacefully in her hammock. He could count the mistakes he'd made on one hand and

Looking toward the west she stared at a small hourglass-shaped 4-acre black-water lake surrounded by waterlogged and stunted trees. Its water was gently lapping against the

Pedro had not tended his market stall for many weeks. Gambling had become an overwhelming addiction, to the point where he found himself choosing blackjack over bananas. The money

He had bed-head, tight jeans, a McGriddle gut, and an iphone. He ordered a Venti Mocha Latte and paid with a "gift card." His belt had studs in it. A knotted handkerchief clung to

Beyond the ridge, a coyote cried - high pitched, sharp, distinct - and was answered from closer at hand. Soon there were three or four singing, a happy chorus

I laughed. I didn’t want to. I don’t laugh at people because it encourages them to interact. But I couldn’t help it. At first it came out as an aborted “ha-ha-h-“ I tried to

His belated birthday greeting was as sincere as he could make it, six months late. He'd been meaning to get around to giving her the gift he'd bought a month late, but until she

Temporary insanity is one of those things you kind of have to lean into, even if you really are insane. You can't afford to have a good day on the stand when going for nuts.

It wasn't unusual for them to assess taxes for not being a cat. It was a felinoid town after all. The outskirts always smelled like Tuna and regurgitated hair balls. Tabby guards

I forever remembered the sight of

They went into the dressing room. That's when the AXE men's body spray fell on the crowd. She reached down to get it and he kneed her in the chest. She flew back into the mirror

The day the roses turned black was the day that everything changed for us. We had only just recovered from

Where do I start? I suppose from Friday night. I left your house and drove home. All the way there my mind was on you and the too-short time we spent together. I opened the door to