"A FLYING SHARPIE, AHHH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?" was the first thing that woke me up that morning. Literally the morning. "It's four am, SHUT UP AND SLEEP," I growled to my

Sirens wailed. INTRUDER ALERT flashed on the console. 'But that's impossible!' huffed the technician, 'I sorted out the glitch.' Then the portal door slid open, revealing

Old Jim never went back to the ship.

once upon a time

I know from first-hand experience that certain parts of that city smell of cat urine and

Hi, my name is Dirk and I am looking for someone special. I like cherries. I like pineapples, though we call them ananas. And if you read this, I'd probably like to meet you. [end]

John rushed down the corridor, past the big windows and nurses; the missed call an hour old. He exhaled, relieved. He'd made it to see the baby born. "It was a girl" she whispered.

When the students entered the cafeteria and found no nachos, a riot ensued.

He ran to the end of the hall, slipped and crashed into the door. It gave and came off its hinges, crashing into the cart and stopping a surgery. The surgeon threw his scalpel

Lisa was lying on her bed flipping through her ipod all the while in disbelief that she was even allowed an ipod in this place. Her calandar told her she had

Pictures stared back at me from the piano. These people were supposed to mean something to me, but so few of them did. One or two I'd give my life for, but the rest were just

Forty minutes later Lin was helping gather the origami zoo Ken had made Janie. Ken stood up and Lin leaned in and kissed his cheek like he was family. She looked at me and gave me

I'm Voldemort, and I approved this message. The announcer began, "Albus Dumbledore says he does it all for the children. But let's look at the record. Three times in the last year

I am not a loser, he thought and then bought the self-help CD. It was one of those Tony Robbins knock-offs. Instead of personal power, it was called

He was one of those Hodpodge stiffs that says, "Nice!" after everything someone says. He also still wore those dorky shirts that have THC in place of KFC logos,

"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

Dollar bills floated through the air in the small wind tunnel of the shoe store. They did this kind of thing to attract business on slow days. She'd forgotten the toxins embedded

She touched the knot behind her ear and rubbed them. They ached from the strain of the week's stresses. After a moment, a tiny door opened beneath her fingers and her eyes glowed

One day there was a rapper named Drake. He knew that Nello was his biggest fan, so he flew to California from Toronto, just to meet his biggest fan. He knocked on her door...

When he sat in the chair the world zoomed around him. It was like watching a movie in fast forward. He stood up and noticed that 100 years had gone by. His wife was dead now and