"He thought he was dying, so he told her everything." I overheard this when I was getting my mocha. Who was dying? Who was she? What was everything? I had to follow the voice.

Big Bob hated the office costume party because everyone alway's instantly recognized him. "This year", he swore "I'll show them." He walked up to La Ronda in his

I began to sob, he was being so mean to me. I've been there since the beginning and he's just throwing it all away, like I did something horrible enough to deserve it all.

The most beautiful thing in the universe: it called itself "THE ERASER". It was a living thing, but never should have lived. When lifeless, it can be controlled. The creature has

Pasternak and Bradbury greeted each other warmly at Peredelkino. Oranges glowed in a bowl, tea brewed in a samovar, and crows and owls congratulated each other in the autumn wo

I was trying to do it, but

One day, the world will end. And it will start to end when

dog carcass in alley this morning tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me, I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters, and the gutters are full of

"How did this happen, exactly?" "I'm not sure, doctor. One minute the candy cane was in my hand, and the next thing I knew, it was stuck in my

"I moved to L.A. because people are much better looking, don't talk about politics, and don't try to convince you to install a low flush toilets, become vegan, or

Suddenly out of the mist I saw it. A giant goat clad in golden armour. I knelt before it and said

I do the thing. You tell me to do thing, I do it. I no ask question. Just do the thing. You got thing for me to do? I do it. Tell me to do thing.

The room was pitch black, but I could still feel his warm breath on my face. Tear streamed down my face as I wondered whether my sin was great enough for the punishment before me.

Many ignorant, uninformed people think that the Earth is round, and that it orbits the sun. They are, of course, very wrong. The Earth is in fact

Annabella clutched her long skirts in her hands as she hurriedly climbed the stairs then ran down the landing towards her room. She burst open the door to her room and paused

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it was time they didn't know it was time but it was time for the shadow giant was here.

She refreshed the mail, nothing new. She sighed and closed her eyes, suddenly she remembered what had happened that day, how she was humiliated by that jerk at school. Why did

Botero is closer to my ideal than Modigliani. Rubens knew what beauty was. I was born in the wrong era. Big Bob took a break in the museum coffeeshop. Yolanda saw him coming

If my Great Uncle Wilfred had not died in 1919 of the Spanish Flu in London, he would have lived his life as