It was Exodus. Seth Cavill spat more bloody spittle-shit to stain his Sunday best, dirt thick wind hastening to bury the sordid affair. Toes wandered the floor with ballerina grace, loosening splinters in the support arm that held his soul, …

“But that’s ridiculous!” Martha scoffed, tossing her highlighter-pink hair over her shoulder. “How come she’s not allowed in?” “I’m sorry, Martha. I’m just playing by the rules. It might be an all-school thing, but at the end of the day, …

The diner rang with noise; clinking and tinny smashes of knives and forks, the scraping of chairs on a red and white checked floor, the background murmur of an old snowy TV set mounted high on the wall in the …

Before we begin I wish to set a few rules. Rule 1: No making up words. Rule 2: No getting carried away with metaphors. Rule 3: No clichés. Rule 4: No redundant tautologies. Preface: Most people believe that moths are …

I looked at her slathering paint over the wall. She knew how to draw, the antelopes running over the cave wall in formation was enough to make me hungry. The hunt had gone well, we had cornered a boar in …

Maya had succeeded in avoiding her for several days. The first days were easy, of course. But then the phone calls had started, followed by the visits at the door. Maya had managed to ignore them all. But today, her …

  Warmth. Light. That sweet, milky smell. Softness. His skin against her skin. Mama. Playing in the garden. Sunshine on his bare bottom. Mama says, “No one can see us here. Your Dada likes his privacy. I like my sunshine. …

‘Forward!’ yelled a soldier amongst the mass of red cloaks crammed together on the Campus Martius. The sound of a legion of feet marching in unison rumbled through the ground and rattled up the metal bars the boy was clutching. …

‘Look,’ said Roger, ‘The Johnsons are doing it again.’ ‘What Roger? What are the Johnsons doing again?’ sighed Karen, not taking her eyes from page 78 of Fifty Shades of Grey. ‘They’re having a barbeque on their front lawn.’ ‘It’s …

  “Can Gaaar have a drink, too, please, mummy?” Little Tommy Harris asked his mother, in the kitchen of their smart and efficient executive home. “Who’s Gaaar, honey?” his mother replied, expertly stuffing the chicken for that evening’s roast dinner, …

How I wish this were to be a cautionary tale, but by now there may be no one to give caution to. The television speaks static and the radio dials panic and all around bloodcurdling screams echo out from the …

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Wiping the steam from the mirror my face came into view. I grinned and my reflection showed me my pearly whites. ‘Nith, you are one handsome troll,’ I said to myself. My green skin had a nice tint of brown …

I guess it had been there a long time, gaining substance, taking form. But it was only recently that I started to believe there was actually something there, scuttling into the shadows whenever my glance skimmed over the corner. This …

I crouched, worn muscles twitching, on the edge of the precipice, and waited for the sun to go down. I’ve been on the move for three days. So far nobody’s seen me, and I’m not sure if there was anyone …

“Stacey, stop texting and put the phone away,” said Ms. Leeds as she walked into her office, sitting across from the young student. Stacey tapped the screen a few more times and then complied, slipping the phone into the front …

It was a single look across a crowded train station, but it held weight. More weight then Winona was willing to admit. It was a look that seemed to corrupt her, it tried to draw her in. She flicked it …