"Was that a bear?" she whispered, pulling the covers over her head. The trip to Yosemite ("yoss-might" as she called it)

Looking back, it occurred to me that man-slapping was not considered the proper response to Steve's comment. Alas,

"Leader board!" Screamed EK™.

She awoke slowly aware that the room was so black, the silence so complete it had weight and seemed to be suffocating

Her hair was red like fire, and glistened in the sun. She was the last of them - the Gingers. Soon to expire, soon

"How many skulls are there?" she asked. "Why? You lining them up for a dance?" I said, smirking. "There are four hundred tibiae in that box. Any more than two-fifty 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

Linda married and divorced her first awkward turtle. The turtle struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, and went through recovery in the mid 1990s. After marrying his second

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

I knew this inevitable day would come. Poppy, the ventriquist, hopped onto the stage

He let slip a few of the grenades. Just enough that it would send a lesson to anyone who followed. His mother, however, wouldn't be around to teach it to his brothers who followed

The ship pitched under the strain of a mountainous swell. Briny ocean spume whipped his eyes. He lashed himself to the deck. Then he saw the monstrous eye breaching from the

That's the thing with Aardvarks... You never really know when they're going to

It wasn't the constant barking that annoyed me. No, I could live with that. And it wasn't the incessant whining, either. That was almost bearable. It really all came down to the

I found the thing.... It was disgusting, horrid, smelly, and overall.... Desirer able. I couldn't help but rush in upon it and touch the Black-Shafted

It was the first day back to school after a two week holiday break...

She sat at the console, mindlessly tapping away. Out her window, the world looked as it had for so many other days of her dreary existence. But the hole in the wall

Phil looked at Anita incredulously. "You can't be serious! It can't be done!" Anita only narrowed her eyes at him. "Phil, don't make me question my attraction - to your brain."

It was 5.30 and though the sun was trying to break through the heavy bank of clouds Davison knew this would be the worst day of his life. The plane's engine roared as he

'Thank you, sir.' the nurse said, and tucked the vials of samples in the tray. The sound of running feet made them look round. 'Whatever you do, nurse, don't let him