The plane was landing, and I was running out of time. I frantically looked across the aisle at his slack-clad legs, crossed at the ...

The buttery crumbs spilled out of my mouth and onto my velvet robe. As I devoured the ethereal croissant I began to feel drunk with ...

Fortune cookies. I've been making them for eons, directing entire Chinese restaurants in the delicate art and penning the predictions ...

Wearing a mask is a beautiful thing until the moment dawns on you that taking it off is a lot harder than putting it on. I had been ...

It was a beautiful night. The moon was shining over the mountains, illuminating the treetops and silhouetting the owls and other night ...

The night was cold and foggy, the perfect scenery for a gruesome crime. Detective John Mason was assigned to the case, he was the best ...

Crunch. The bug bit into its snack once more, covering yet keeping in time with the ticking of the clock it was captured in. It gleefully ...

Day 304: I am still all alone with no answers, just as I have been for the last nearly year. The lack of human companionship is finally ...

You think you know me. But I’ve fooled you with my ordinary clothing and passive manner. I want you to think I’m weak, submissive ...

Before their eyes was the frozen ocean, fractured but solidified once more underneath. It seemed like an undulating ballroom floor ...

Well, it's not every day that you discover your mother is the most despised supervillain in the history of Mars.

The flickering lamp was the only source of light in the darkened field of buttercups. The bunny couldn't pause to think of why it was ...

The end of my life was near. I could feel it in my bones. “Make it a double,” I said to the bartender. What would a few extra drinks ...

I was walking, book in hand, when I bumped into someone. I was met by a familiar face. My friend, Kate, looked back at me. But then ...

It was a crisp fall day. The end of our hike had led us to a clearing in the forest, just behind the CVS. Holly was standing still ...

I was there alone.

Everyone loved Lora's laugh. It was low, full of humor and light and everything you could want in a sound meant to elicit smiles. It ...

The gentle hum of the blowing fan in the corner, the slither of sunlight strewn across the room and settled on the tired, angelic and ...

Kim rolled over and snoozed her alarm, even though she knew there was no getting back to sleep. As the comfort of dreams wore off and ...

"Baloney!" cried the clown. "I'm telling you, thanks to Stephen King, all the children in the audience were terrified of your antics ...

Ahhhhhhhhh! The girl screamed.

"Beautiful, aren't they?" The boy could hear the medusa hiss right next to his ear from behind him as he stared. On the wall opposite ...

"By Balu's beard mother, how many times do I have to tell you"? Gurok paused, holding the edge of the door looking back into the room. "When ...

Byla jednou jedna malá chaloupka.

It was a very snowy day, depressing and bleak, when we had our first fateful encounter. His name was Jacob, and he wore a long, black ...