In the scheme of things, it wasn't a permanent state I was after. Just long enough to get on stage, dance for two min...

My hands and feet ache, but it was well worth it. We are nearly there, a couple more hours. Georgie is starving and I...

My feet ached, but it was well worth it. This is what I said when I completed that trek. The endless days and nights,...

She was looking ahead, eyes parallel with the ground. She was looking ahead, eyes perpendicular with the ground. Pa...

In her rear-view mirror, she saw Gene turn. He looked at the bush, at her, at the bush again, and then felt his pocke...

Heather didn't like being out in the rain. She was going to get even with that bastard Gene - how dare he dump her in...

I don't like hats anymore. My friend from camp always wore a hat, and so did I. We would switch hats sometimes, weari...

Never leave the house looking less than your best. It is this way that we show respect for others (paraphrased from T...

Sometimes I am shocked at the state of America today. The young people just have not respect - no decency at all. The...

about 6 years ago, at the time I firstly thought about study in UK. So I prepare the ielts in Shanghai. When I finish...

He opened the letter from his cousin, reluctantly breaking open the blue air-mail envelope. Who uses old-fashioned sn...

The rain pounded on his jacket and head like furious warriors attempting to break the city's gates. His paced quick...

My body felt so heavy. So... so... heavy. My head flopped on to my shoulder, my legs crumpled in on themselves. I cou...

Leaving was the easiest decision to make, and the hardest action to take. They were just sitting there In the box. H...

Leaving was the easiest decision to make, and the hardest action to take. Nobody knows until they've been in those sh...

A dapper man picked up a penny. He tossed it the air, but it fell. He never caught it. A spankled girl kicked up her ...

The woman watched Martin run into the snow. She could see him for couple of meters, but the lost him in the snow. Thr...

The stories rarely stop when the party does. He was not tall, or lean, but he was fashionable. He had the bushiest ...

The young woman stood in the garden, clutching a bunch of dead flowers. "This place needs a LOT of work," she thoug...

I've love photography ever since my father got me into it a few years ago. It would be hard to fill in his shoes. Aft...

I clutched onto the flowers. Today was the day. I am only 19 but I am getting married right now. My father was a rich...

What happens when life finally becomes too much to bear? He thought about it a great deal - but was unable to put his...

Erring on the side of caution I took two of the smaller ones. Just like breakfast, or a night on the town. My body wa...

There was a girl that I used to work with at the Goodwill who had eyes that were far too close together. Her body was...

"You know why girls suddenly change their hairstyles don't you?" He leered over my sister with that gap-toothed smug-...

There was a little girl who loved a boy. It was her first time with a crush on a boy. It was her first time with love...

The first time I saw Tommy, I knew he was a total douche. I don't allow my sister to date douches; shit — no brother ...

"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...