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'I don’t mind saying I’m afraid of the dark a little.'
Revealing the sinister hidden agenda behind the apparently pointless behaviour of a particular type of tiny green insect.
A journalist gets a lead on the O.J. murder weapon.
Humorous application of the Aesop fable to modern writers.
Such a charming couple! Young, elegant, good conversationalists - but, of course, they never give the impression they are aware of it.
There’s all these picturesque poems, anecdotes about scattering loved
ones’ ashes. Things meant to be profound, symbolic.
“I know.” He gently brushed the hair from her face. “It’s a nice dream, but it’s not me.”
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Sci-Fi
He had won tickets in a radio contest. A contest he didn’t apply to, on a station that apparently didn’t exist.
We kept white feathers before exams or doctors’ appointments. Black feathers, of course, were warnings. We knew these to be facts, as empirical as science.
- Length: 18 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
A young clerk lands what appears to be an ideal job - but soon begins to suspect he may be part of an elaborate trick.
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Crime
Deeply pessimistic tale about what in life holds value.
Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.
When Katherine sails into a secluded bay she seems destined to meet a creative kindred spirit in blues musician Matt.
Theodoric is not alone in his train compartment and, while not actually afraid of mice.....
Hasta returns to blockaded Nepal, with money in his pockets and two missions to accomplish
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
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.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
