He sighed as he read: "This image or video is currently unavailable." "Thank you, Flickr," the man said to himself. ...
All he needed was one picture. That was it. Just one. Too bad for him it was a specific picture. But the Internet alw...
I was walking to grandma's when I spotted the yellow box with a question mark on it. I liked it so much that I leaned...
"HELP" "There's no hope," the monotone sound of Sarah's voice echoing throughout the silent forest. I could not see ...
the birds on the telephone line have heard me talking the birds on the power line have felt me typing one bird two bi...
The raven sat and contemplated the traveler beneath the moon's harsh gaze. She struggled onwards, leaning heavily on ...
The lamp wouldn't turn on.
It was dark inside. I toggled the switch, and nothing happened. Shit. Thunder rolled and I sighed. Power outage. ...
The lamp wouldn't turn on. I was going to have to help deliver a baby in pitch darkness. With the elevator stuck betw...
The lamp wouldn't turn on. "Shit," Mel muttered. "Jerry!" Of course, he wouldn't come. He was in the tiny bathr...
Wrongfully Accused Congressman · Prison Guard · Escape
"You been seeing the television?" the Guard said. Huxton squinted, through the bleariness of sleep into the bleach o...
With fifteen minutes until the start of the hearing, a bagel stop was inadvisable. The queue for the espresso machin...
I wanted to give him everything I had. He was my love, and I knew, at long last, what I wanted out of life. I wanted...
Sometimes, the best cure for loneliness is to actually be alone. Which is actually kind of hard to do, considering t...
There was originally only one photograph. Now there were two. Well, two halves. Incomplete. Roughly cut down the midd...
The ghosts of her past continued to haunt her. The parents she'd disappointed, the boy she'd left behind, even the t...
I knew that my outfit was risky, the plunging black bra exposing large breasts and cleavage. White sheer dress with b...
"You don't like her, do you?" "I don't have to." He glanced at her, although kept his eyes on the road. "You ha...
We almost died on the way to Guayaquil. I think we would have been more worried if there hadn't been a near-accident....
I lost my grip on the wheel.
It was late, one winter night. I was not accustomed to being awake at this hour. My car didn't handle the cold well, ...
I lost my grip on the wheel. It had happened before, but it wasn't nearly as embarrassing as now. I had just left P.E...
Driving along a road at night, rain pelting down, tall trees waving low branches across the sky, no moon, no road lig...
She opened the envelope and screamed.
She opened the envelope and screamed. "I got in!" she told her parents, hopping excitedly as she held out the accepta...
She opened the envelope and screamed. This was not the day to be squeamish. This was the day her daughter would be ...
She opened the envelope and screamed. She could not believe him, she simply could not believe that he was still persu...
Nostalgia. Oh, how I love the feeling. Staring across the dim room at my parent's house is where it began. Noticing...
0900 hrs. Scott was seen leaving his fiance's home by a neighbour who looked up as he slammed the door hard and swore...
The following is excerpted from IrishAbroad circa 2000: Flashback .Sunday morning 11am...Woke up to the sound of me o...
He ran into the room, his heart pounding, and his clothes soaking wet.
He ran into the room, his heart pounding and his clothes soaking wet. Just earlier that day, he headed out for the d...
Immediately he ripped his dresser draw open. Rummaging through the clothes all neatly packed. Foot steps are heard fr...
"Damnit Christine, god damnit, call 911!" I shouted, dropping my sisters limp body on the bed. There was froth aroun...