Francis van Loewe woke early with fireworks in his belly. An auspicious day, one of portentious omen. His gut told him get up on the right side, but put on the left slipper first.

Don't look back, don't ever look back. I swallowed hard, running as fast as my feeble legs would let me in the freshly fallen snow as I practically hyperventilated. Man, I really

A wastebasket for the upstairs, a garbage bin for the garage, and a hamper just to have around. There! I have completed my bucket list.

"Do you hear the voice in the flames?" "No, that's just the wood popping and cracking." "No, it's talking I just can't understand the language yet." The President had lost...

I walked into the mall. I had to go badly. I pushed through crowds of people, rushing to the bathroom. I was about to explode. Once I finally got there, I saw someone

February 14 TH 2010. Kansas was crowded that night. Many couples were celebrating their love and, of course, we were one of them.

The doorbell rang. It was a courier with a very large, heavy box. Written on the top was "OPEN WITH CARE." So I did. I regret to this day having opened that parcel. It was

Vern the Amish guy had a duck growing out of his side and liked to lawn bowl nude with his uncle. I first met Vern back in

Potash for perennials, manure for marigolds, and quick lime for my ex Leonard. Well, let's get to it.

Megan follows the trail of shattered ceramic eggs through Mrs. Gordling's house. She is beginning to get nervous because last time things had gotten pretty strange.

I looked at my childhood home from afar. All my toys and things were being sold. My mom cried my dad clenched his fists I wish I could comfort them but I couldn't cause I was dead

Joe was surprised when he saw the sand whirlpool. He didn't think those existed outside of video games, and definitely not in the middle of a volleyball field.

Don't touch me until you have taken a shower and a bath, she said, somehow turning me on in spite of it.

I had to fess up. "Yes, Mr. Garrett. I admit that when I was transferring your brain into your new robochassis I fumbled it. But it was only on the floor for 3 seconds, tops." He

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Omar Kropotkin sipped his overpriced cup of recarbonized coffee-bean sauce, musing upon the phenomena of words and letters and happenstance, when Gloria Crouton invited herself to

אני כותבת, כי אני יודעת לכתוב, וזה מה שצריך לעשות, כדי לנשום ולהיות ואין ברירה אחרת אלא, לכתוב ולהכתב

My friend the Vorlon barista said that coffee was not what I needed. "You have a hole in your mind and a hole in your heart. A bagel and roasted bean sauce won't solve that." He ha

Every day he had to deal with the same thing. The same job, the same home, the same words. He felt like he was just repeating the same day. But that'd be ridiculous...right?

There was a man who had a plan, and rode a van across the lan[d].