It is said that Picasso, with his last breath, whispered, "Modigliani." Likewise would SlimWhitman expire, issuing the name of his mortal fold nemesis. "MoralEnd..."

Ms. Sneedly gasped as she looked over Tommy' s shoulder. It took a moment for her to speak. "What did you draw there, Tommy?" she asked unsteadily, trying to smile. Tommy stared up

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Clawing her way upward, Chloe reached the top. Nails torn, knees bloodied, but she was safe. Now for the real challenge-- Hindu.

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Bianca was procrastinating by taking the Psychology Today 'Why Do You Procrastinate?' quiz. There was a tiny thump - a dead mouse had fallen out of the hole next to the radiator

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Should sex be used as a reward (do this and I'll do that)? A threat (do this or I'll do that)? An identity (be a man)? A fill-in-the-blank bubble (M, F, Other)? Should marital sex

I smartcar sized snot-like jellyfish spread itself across our path on the pebbly beach shore. I could see the digested remains of

Lawyers roll down the hill listnening to those parliament walls crashing and clanging and making a darned pest of themselves. Arghhh!!!!

I said it was too early for gin Rickeys and she said it was too late for eggs Benedict. Our relationship was in different time zones.

Jack Knight donned his helmet & lowered the canopy. He'd wanted to be a fighter pilot as long as he could remember but lived in fear his jet would explode in a fiery plume of death

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Lilith was lost

Outrage upon seeing the poor & most affluent living practically side-by-side in slums & luxury villas of Mumbai were tempered with the realization this was a microcosm of the world

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