A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.

A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.

What would you do if your family preferred a robot over you?

Death came around once a month...

The famous lexical semanticist Professor Edgar Nettleston had been found dead, a gunshot wound to the head.

When the ugly girl decides to find herself a husband she has no idea what she’s letting herself in for.

Just cuz a crustacean can talk don't make him magic! A children's story for adults.

I woke to the sound of something creaking on the porch...

For stories feed on stories...

Jon Roxton was born lucky, or so he told himself...

Kerryn watched as the lotus bud took shape...

Suddenly red ink flows from my pen. Startled, I assume it is blood, but then realize it is the color of the moon...

A conversation about an unusual discovery.

You may not be familiar with the time-sweepers.

How do you catch someone who is falling into their own mind?

Goatees, beards, sideburns or any other creative types of facial hair were strictly verboten but the employee handbook said I could have a mustache.

"What happened when all their illusions were stripped away and revealed for what they truly were?"

It’s a dirty job, but Jodie’s father does it well and happily. This story brings Take Your Daughter to Work Day to a different level, but it all ends up down in the dumps.

Johnson has always been fascinated by spiders.

A book lover lends one of his prized possessions to a mysterious girl.