Midnight on the roof. The roof of one of the university buildings, to be exact. "We've made it," he says. I nod, sti...

I stared up at the stars the beauty overtaking my sight, the bright lights occupied me while I was waiting. For him ...

Midnight On the roof. A shouldn't-be time in a shouldn't-be place, Thad pecked a shouldn't-do cigarette from the...

My mind was moving faster than my body. I wanted to play in the swing so bad but my feet weren't moving fast enough. ...

I let out a heavy sigh as I stepped over the cobwebs, allowing myself to have a moment of preparation. The swing rock...

she couldn't do it. her moist, clammy hands clung to the wooden pole with vicious might as she drew in intermittent, ...

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. Aiming at the highway man was easy, pulling the trigger was the problem. I couldn...

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. “Your turn” she said, as my hands trembled in fear. Why was I here? Who was she? ...

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. I was going to show him. I was angry, no, furious. He cut me off! In this city, t...

The conversation lasted two words: "Too much." Too much pain? Too much regret? Too much suffering. And who's? From tw...

I am trying to make up words as I tremble in Fear. I can feel the first drop of sweat starting to run down my face. H...

"I'm sorry", the two words that shattered her world. She let the dial tone ring out, as a hot tear ran down her cheek...

"the tie-breaker question for 100 points ..." Katy worried at her cuticles. There was a lot riding on this. Too much...

trivia just trivia, repeated over and over: those same words same facts, same figures traced by countless lips, count...

Trivia. I only found out when one of my (many) credit cards was refused. Then a debt collection agency letter arrived...

She was the most delicate girl in town, so different from all the rest. I look at her and all I can do is smile, she...

She was the most delicate girl in town. Or at least, that's what they all thought. With her prim private school uni...

The Delicate Chance No one ever dared to push her too hard. She was robbed of all her real potential because everyone...

I'm in love with a robot. I know, I know, that sounds strange. But I am. It's name, or at least the name I gave it, i...

I am in love with a coffee machine. A robot that makes coffee. I am giddy about it my mornings are filled with percol...

Golden skin glowed in the afternoon sun, revealing a fine tracery of pale blue at the inside of the wrist. Lips, lus...

Most voids were black. Or so he thought. In literature. in movies and television. When there was a void, one saw a la...

The room faded away around her, the bed, the dressers, the walls and windows, disappeared, faded out, until the only ...

Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty. The purple satin fabric reaching her feet. Hair tied up beautifu...

She looked in the mirror and thought about that one guy. The guy who always smiled her way. The only person every to ...

Not really that pretty But lovely Strong flowing She sat on the beach watching the last sunset We were tense and sa...

As the walked along a long fenced pathway, she told Martin, that she was bringing him to a refugee camp, and that she...

She pulled her head back from the binoculars, a scowl on her face. The were all over the streets, and it was only a m...

The fat girl at Kentucky Fried Chicken touched my forehead with the palm of her hand. Her skin was oily and she had p...