I held it at arm's length.
I held it at arms length. A scruffy business card in battered Russian. Something like “путешествие во времени” (“pute...
I held it at arm's length. Three feet long from blade to hilt it, the replica Confederate cavalry sword is beautiful....
I held it at arm's length, pressing the butt of the gun into my shoulder. It was heavy and my muscles screamed and bu...
When Martin woke up, he was still in the back of the van. He didn't know, how long he was unconscious. He couldn't se...
Shots were fired all around town. Poor innocent lives we're taken in a matter of seconds. They were taking over... ev...
The snow had hardened overnight and was crisp now. It wasn't what you would call a cold day and Fran had left her jac...
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 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...
I'm dead. Really dead. Not in the "there'll be a twist at the end and I'll be saved" kind of way. Just dead.
I awoke to the sound of waves, big waves slamming against the walls of the... house? No, boat. It was definitely a bo...
I'm dead. Really dead. Not int he " there'll be a twist int he end and ill be saved kind of way. Just dead. Somet...
I didn't take her seriously. I mean everyone cheats. At least that's what I told myself. I can't imagine my face when...
Portraits
My life has always been a mess. First, my parents get into a big fight and are now divorced. Then I had no choice but...
It was his job to paint portraits of people. They'd give him huge sums to paint them. Just look in the mirror, idiots...
Whoever said a picture was worth a thousand words had never met Frank. The man had never met a camera he didn't lik...
He left me hanging.
“Pob lwc.” the elder of Saint Joseph’s had wished me, after his strange warning. I presumed he meant for my first Mas...
”Beware the Bwgan Fawr.” the old Vicar sighed. “Every chapel has to have its ‘Ysbryd capel’…” “Its chapel ghost?” th...
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 ...
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...
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....