I could drink no more but the man kept buying. Damn he was handsome. What could I do? Say no? If only I could say no. It seemed a curse of mine to always say yes. He took me by the

I mourn for my lost guinea pig Petey. It's been five years now. I still make it a tradition to visit his gravesite. It's out by the projects. Next to the heroin dealer.

Bob's dreams hadn't panned out over the years. He hadn't saved the whales. He hadn't cured cancer. He hadn't circumnavigated Mars. But then he watched Randy Pausch's Last Lecture,

I was slowly walking to school on my first day, and seeing that all the students have already left me. As I hear the bell ring from miles away, a sudden male student grabs my hand

To friends see eachother at the mall and say hey, "What's up!"

I like pinapples, but jim here says they remind him of the desert. I told him no, pinapples are from the rainforest and he...

David stood there, sweaty and hot. The 90 degree day was not kind to him, seeing as he was wearing a suit and tie, standing on a street corner, his gaze affixed to his watch. Soon,

"There's no place like home. There's no place like-" She opened one eye, to check if anything had changed. It hadn't. She shut it again. "-home. There's no-

Testing his sister, he strapped her down to the wall.

Camping in the Rockies, he marveled at the night sky. With the reduced atmosphere, the stars shown brightly. As he looked up, he noticed they were disappearing one by one.

And it began. Not the way she had expected it to but with slow burn of momentum. Covering everything she knew to be important, her story woulf break new ground, would open doors.

"Oh, look luvy an ice berg!" The rake tipped back his martini glasss and nearly stumbled overboard. "Let's ask the captain to get closer so we can put these drinks of the rocks."

Martin loved words. He never tired of new euphemisms for his snack,his crane,his ho-ho,his little fireman,his pogo stick,his proteinaceous milkshake maker,his pugnacious

How do I know that my flight is going to take off in time? The estimated time of arrival says two hours by my intuition says

The cat drools when you pet it.

The headless horseman settled down for the night. His pumpkin head had turned several days back and was stinking up the hotel. It was about time to carve another, but this time

When the beautiful woman ran toward the foul smelling pile, she didn't even notice the man with the knife at the entryway. She was mesmerized by another stench, she was

He sat down. Quietly. He read the barf bag. He'd felt a little jumpy and scanned the passengers coming on board. No body language cues. A ten year old said, "You're an Air Marshall

There once was a boy named Joe

i don't know what to write. i clicked the create button for no good reason. should i tell a tale of aleins or giant monsters? romance or war? eh, romance is stupid, so i'll make war