Prompt: Lola “Who’s for another?” it came out as one word. Jack knew it and hid the knowledge with busy bustle. He...

The moment she walked into the room, I knew I was in for a wild time. Dressed to the nines, head to toe in the most w...

Lola, she was a dancer... something about flowers in her hair or was it her underwear? He couldn't actually remember ...

Marie wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans. Breathing heavily, she glanced impatiently at the bland, hospital door; it...

The results were in, she said. And he ran and ran and ran and ran, disregarding the shouts of teachers behind him, ju...

The results were in. The young men standing before the judges fidgeted anxiously in their military-style uniforms. Ja...

Sitting at a desk with pen in hand. "It's us against the world." "Watch out, America." The circle of faces tight...

I was an optimist. I thought that I, like Hemingway, could weave my influence between countries, live in the welcomin...

He couldn't see through the rain. The rain covered everything in sight, like a thick veil of mosquito netting had bee...

In hindsight, the solution was obvious. It was the one time Watson had solved the case before I had. He teased me abo...

The idea that bad luck happens when a black cat crosses your path is completely ridiculous. Maybe if the creature tri...

I saw it then, I see it now but somehow the access or more the feeling of ownership yes the feeling of ownership over...

Sal knew his time was running out, a runaway train heading straight for him but he had nowhere else to go. "So... wi...

Sal was in love. A part of her felt that she'd always been in love, and almost each time with a different man. But t...

Sal knew it was too late the minute the whistle blew. That train had been keeping time in Millersville for twenty yea...

I'm trapped. I came to the beach, ready to relax. Ready to escape my work, and every annoying person in my life. But ...

"Come here," I whisper loud enough for her to hear me. She gives me a look and laughs, tilting her head up to the sky...

That damn tree was going to fall on him, he just knew it. What use was the open sky, the billowing waves of blue, or...

It had to be the bumblebee parachute. I wanted one with Hello Kitty on it but Al said no. Black and yellow clashed wi...

Wow. The Statue of Liberty. I've lived in New York my whole life, and have personally seen it one time, and it's on m...

He could remember the first time he saw that statue. It was one of those things you simply never forgot, like a first...

The conversation lasted two words: "Too much." Too much pain? Too much regret? Too much suffering. And who's? From tw...

I am trying to make up words as I tremble in Fear. I can feel the first drop of sweat starting to run down my face. H...

"I'm sorry", the two words that shattered her world. She let the dial tone ring out, as a hot tear ran down her cheek...

The tigers snarled at each other as they fought over the prize. Eyes narrowed, they watched for the slightest hesitat...

They were the best of friends, but the worst of enemies. My husband and his brother would become like tigers fighting...

He watched from a distance, hidden behind a bush. The two tigers snarled at each other, circling around, judging each...

You know this comforting feeling of nostalgia? It always catches me up, when I look at old pictures, just like this. ...

"I hope we never grow up," Kate said. "We will," answered Petra, "But we don't need to grow old." The memories of th...

An old sepia photo can be a bullet. It can tear through the lineup of neurons, neatly lined up like socks on a bed. I...