the grand opening was boring yet it was also very romantic me and my husband had went to the opening because he knew ...

He looked upwards. My goodness - it was high! What would he feel like under these arched ceilings, dwarfed by the mas...

Arches atop tall pedestals opened into an ample space, magnified by groin vault ceilings. Red brick, scrubbed clean, ...

Your foundation was laid a long time ago. You said it was always the same, just before. His voice offering up your na...

Monica Albott had never been beautiful. Sure, she had been cute, pretty even, but never beautiful. She said this ove...

Creeping up again. That is what I thought as as I woke up in my nice but dull apartment. The life I had made for myse...

There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. Well, "standing" may be the wrong word. There's someone IN the c...

He likes his own room, but he likes mine more. He's five. Half the time, if he had his way he would climb back insi...

There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. That's what she told me most days and as normal, I ignored her. I...

Hero at Midnight No one could remember who among them gave him the name Rooster; probably someone long gone by this ...

Private Morlane glanced at the watch that he'd taken off and left on the small table by his cot, rubbing his sleep-we...

Morlane hung his head. At times like these, his emotions were torments of conflict. He was grateful, yes; but he was ...

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...

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,...

In the beginning, he tasted like rainwater: salty. Dried sweat around the rim of his mouth, a taste that clung to his...

In the beginning, he tasted like rainwater: salty. Dried sweat around the rim of his mouth, a taste that clung to his...

I can taste the tingle on my tongue the second it touches. I can smell the sweet/sour, crisp, smell. The food is amaz...

"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...

I shot my butler. He was a mole! I should have known. I'm trained to tell whether someone is lying or not. I'm a secr...

I shot my butler. I never really wanted to though, He was a kind man. It was a week ago, and since then I've been a...

"I shot my butler." I threw the manuscript across the room. Grabbed a scotch. No. Wait. Wanted a scotch, grabbed a bo...

The year was 1986 and she was a high school softball star. So young and full of potential. She was beautiful. She had...

The year was 1986 and I was 10 years old living in south Louisiana. My family had been living in Louisiana for gener...

The year was 1986. My home, a typical home in Suburbia, USA. My life, a typical American teenager, filled with angst ...