She didn't look at him.
She didn't look at him she couldn't tell him. She couldn't even tell her family. What would they say? What would they...
She didn't look at him; she looked past him, half closing her eyes as if basking in the sunlight. She was really tryi...
She didn't look at him. She couldn't look at him. What would he think? she wondered as she sipped her wine and kept h...
One scoop chocolate, one scoop...
One scoop chocolate, one scoop... The ice cream scoop clatters on the counter top, empty. I stare at the perfectly ro...
"One scoop chocolate, one scoop..." the girl giggled as she plopped the ice cream into the bowl. "Two scoops chocolat...
One scoop chocolate, one scoop strawberry. One scoop soil, one scoop blood. One scoop of fear, one scoop of daring. O...
His apology was not the thing she'd expected when she checked her phone in the morning. With one eye she stared at th...
"What is this?" I ask, my voice becoming more and more hysterical with every word I say. "It's your life." Jordan say...
The words hovered beneath my glowing finger, power incarnate. I lifted the text, spinning it lazily in the air, befor...
Da dum de dum, normal day- HOLY SH*T I'M FLOATING. WHAT THE HECK. I'M FLOATING. WAIT A MINUTE HOLD IT IS THAT A PINEA...
She was lost in a land, not exactly a physical one. She was surrounded by things that made her happy. She was floatin...
Alarm clocks, women, toys and books; Bananas, high-heels, dirty looks. The clocks get bigger as they grow, For Cleopa...
It was supposed to be a nice relaxing drive. We were going to my mother's house for Christmas, the presents all stack...
The curtains were the safety. I could never sleep unless the curtains were draped and folded over each other, obscur...
The car stalled. The roads were half washed out and the rain pounded like a blacksmith's hammer on the hood. The stor...
Cindy yawned and stretched as she started her day. It was time to walk her pet octopus. She pulled Ollie out of his...
This is the short story about the journey of three friends from plumstead to central london at 23/02/2015. Friend ...
Penelope loved the fountain, loved the way the water sprayed, cooling her in the hot sun, making her clothes cling as...
There's no way that's possible! But this horse-like creature, it clearly looks like what could be described as a uni...
One summer, I went to the Zoo with my family. Me, my husband and daughter all decided to go out of town for a week fo...
"Of course, no one can make a unicorn," Pareth said, in that tone of voice he used when lecturing his students, "but ...
You can count me out.
"Oh, do come for dinner!" she purred. "Is there anything you don't eat?" "Well ... quite a few things," he said. "I h...
You can count me out. You can count me out. How many times do I have to say it? Count me out of your scheme. I have...
You can count me out, I said. I am not doing it. No. I left this years ago. I have a life now, I told them. No more o...
The bully grabbed me and Billy by the collar. He started dragging us in the direction of what looked like a soccer go...
It seemed a good idea to tell the kids to hide behind the bars when the boy went berserk. Glue sniffing was the first...
Josh ground his teeth in frustration. The other kids on the playground were really getting to be a nuisance. He'd he...
She'd have preferred the electric chair.
I couldn't move. My legs felt like jelly and I had to sit. Everything in the hospital seemed to go blurry. "Are you o...
She'd have preferred the electric chair, but he wouldn't have it. "Think about how much easier it would be on everyon...
"She'd have preferred the electric chair," Melanie said. A half grin sat on her lips as she stirred the crinkle fry ...