Gradually.
Gradually, Houdini slipped out of his handcuffs. He unshackled his legs and wriggled out of his straitjacket. He was ...
Slowly it built, piece by piece. The atoms of its essence compiling line after line, upwards and outwards, exploding ...
"Big wheels keep on turnin'..." Paul's hands beat on the steering wheel in time with Lynyrd Skynrd as he drove down t...
The young boy ran for his life, the giant monster of a dog chasing after him. The boy didn't do anything wrong, he th...
Wooshy Wooshy and futuristic Just out of the corner of my eye, that thing I had been running towards, to, seeking It...
Running from the swarm of bees, Roger kept his eyes firmly ahead knowing he'd be able to jump into the river, swim un...
Marvin · Melinda · Answer the phone
I am Luciana "Answer the phone" My boyfriend Marvin shouted across the room. My life was horrible. Being the boyfrien...
Marvin lunged towards the stand upon which sat an old, analog phone. He almost made it. Melinda tackled him from be...
He was lucky when he found that nickel in the bushes, that'll show up again later. But it wasn't luck that brought hi...
I remember when I was a kid. I sat on the edge of my father's car, waiting for him come home from his walks. I would ...
I remember the smell of wet snow on a blinding morning. Squinting through glare and steam. Battleship twigs wobble in...
The winter of 1970 in the Bay Area was not something I ever expected to experience- especially since I was born in 19...
Chicken · Road · Reach the other side
I was twelve years old when I first sat behind the wheel. I was very nervous to drive but as I was very much into car...
"Don't you realize you can make a cake WITHOUT any the products of my femininity?" asked the chicken. She fluffed he...
I have anxiety issues okay? I swear every time I come here its the same goddamn thing. All I need is to walk, so I ap...
Woolly Mammoth · Ice Snakes · The Olympics
The woolly mammoth lined up for the next event in the prehistoric Winter Olympics: the 400 meter speed skating compet...
"Ice Snakes! I will not let you beat me into the Olympics!" Woolly Mammoth shouted as he watched the Ice Snakes perfo...
From the day the museum opened, the mammoth was the first thing every visitor saw. How could they miss it? It towered...
He stood outside the castle, looking in. That little fence was all that separated him from the world of imagination....
Billy was steadfastly unimpressed. "Can we go home now?" he asked. "But, Billy, don't you want to see the top of th...
My throat ached from a barrage of overpriced, fried abuse. My voice was hoarse, having spent most of the day screamin...
Water.
Where the sun sets, and the wind blows, two girls run across the ocean, having fun with each other. The two girls liv...
You know how people always use that metaphor of how an iceberg shows a small portion of the story, but the ice travel...
If humans are mostly water, what happens when you remove it? This was the idle yet macabre thought that raced throu...
The kids huddled around the tiny bundt cake, sipping juice from their plastic cups. A lone candle burned at the cen...
We have been in the bunker for weeks now sharing a room with me and my five brothers. Its hard to imagine our life be...
If I were a scientist I would invent a drug, which could bring me back to all of the feelings I was able to experienc...
Potatoes.
"Following up from the fight we had last night Darren" "I don't wanna talk about it Judy" I can see the fear in Darre...
I spent days in the field, hoping to see something bloom. The desert surrounded me like the ocean that surrounds an i...
I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, lamb, ham, hogs, dogs, beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, chicken, turkey, r...