“Take a look at me now,” he chortled into the dishwasher, “all the workshops of these colleges are kidding themselves. The students are a prop for the prof's alcoholism and

The desert continent became his first conquest, leaving in his wake a sea of glass and smoldering crystalline statues.

On his journey to the second continent, the eleven gods confronted him and battled for thirty days at sea. That part of the sea still boils twenty-five years since.

The streetlight cast just enough light through the hovering insects to create silhouettes of the six combatants. Even though I couldn’t make out individual features, I knew most

Once upon a time, a man decided he was going to kill every ninja on earth.

The rat-a-tat-tat...rat-a-tat-tat...rat-a-tat-tat... had been bothering her all night. Why wouldn't they leave her be? The stench from her bedroom is reason enough to kill a man.

She put on the cocktail apron and adjusted her earrings. The guests would be showing up any minute. All that was in the pantry was decaf coffee and nutmeg. Trouble was brewing.

There were several restaurants just around the corner that would sell you a tiny chunk of salmon for thirty bucks, but I was more interested in the cookies. Ever since I had

As a little child, he would spend hours in the woods, picking up rocks to see what squirmed beneath. It was a metaphor for his life now, he realized. He spent his days

The bridge isn't long enough to come round more than once a year and mostly in the summertime. Time here is like a honeycomb that glistens in the golden light just before dawn.

What was so remarkable was that it was the first specific thing I could remember about that night other than walking out of there alive. J. Kelso, my former employer had used

"Something smells gross," she said, flitting her hand in front of her nose. He said, "That's my sausage." His sausage had been stinky because

All he wanted was a drink of goddamn water. He had eaten 8 pounds of extremely salty jerky and mistakenly bobbed for apples in a salt water tank. He sprinted at the Sparklets

The sullen President sat in his office. The election returns were in and he had lost big. He contemplated his options. He was still Commander in Chief, so perhaps if he

He'd flown to Arkansas before but not dressed like this. The lady in first class wouldn't even make eye contact with him. He had to ask twice to get a scotch. She brought Jack

The year was ADR3498 and the old republic guards were worn out from the constant battles that had taken their toll over the last two millenia. Many had come and gone.

It was so silent that I thought it might have been me for a moment, but a second grunt woke my senses and I cranked the knob on the door, rolling down the window.

She sat in her car. Red light. No one was watching. She hooked her finger into her nose and smiled at her topnotch nose swag. It was one of those have gooey with a crusty shell

"What have you done?"she said looking at me like as if I were an alien."What?",I asked feeling hurt by her reaction."Why can't I just seat here and enjoy a

Darkness was upon him. Am I dead? he wondered, for the silence encompassing him could only be achieved through death. A blinding flash of light materialized, and he howled in pain.