I've always wanted to go into a coffee shop or bagel shop and do something like this with my brother or a friend, just to see what kind of reaction it would be. » Read...

Janet uses her quick wits and reflexes to start a fire. » Read...

It's jazz night... I wrote this at a pub listening to live jazz, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. » Read...

trhis is a really rough beginning on a retelling of a Finnish tale called "The Maid of the North" It's just in its beginning stages but it's a new kind of writing for me that I would really appreciate feedback on as it progresses. T... » Read...

Mother/daughter relationship. » Read...

Something I wrote back in 2006 for a Creative Writing assignment. All this came from a simple picture. I actually creeped myself out writing this one. And my teacher too. » Read...

The lifelong journey of an extraordinary fish. Mild graphic content. » Read...

A poem about finding meaning and purpose in life. Inspired by various poems of T. S. Eliot and Walt Whitman. » Read...

First three days of the June Challenge (see circle for details) featuring I, Rock, Banjutsu, and Regretting the Robot Revolution. » Read...

More one-page stories for the June Challenge (see the circle). Featuring: Alchemy, Tick-Tock Clock, The Dragon and the Damsel and Nobody Hates Baseball. » Read...

The last batch of flash fiction for the June Challenge (see circle). This time featuring: In Other Words and The Ever-Ending Story. » Read...

Wasted Youth: Tom loses his cool.
I've Got a Gun!: A beer run gone bad.
Must Wear Clothes: Roommate Wanted » Read...

The Box: A Dinner Meeting
The Typewriter: My attempt at writing something even moderately descriptive.
The Sentence: Skyler takes matters into his own hands
Carol: There's been an accident » Read...

In: A lunch meeting
Just a Replication: A work of art
Like Oxygen: Something good from something bad » Read...

Jackson: Thank God I was carrying that cushion..
The Playground: While I was hanging from the monkey bars
Heat: Probably my worst entry in this challenge so far. Tonight was rather unmotivating.
Out to Sea: The Adventures of Willy & Ch... » Read...

The Pursuit: Debra takes a wrong turn
Hunter: Hiding behind closed doors (more unmotivated writing)
I'll give you the title of story three at its end.
Counting to Ten: A chance meeting » Read...

Bananas?: Weird habits
On My Way Out: I have no idea what this story is about.
Running: The lengths to which some people will go...
Main Street: Stranger in a strange land

I'm pretty much running on empty. From here on o... » Read...

The Great Disaster: A world in trouble
Searching: Eh
School Supplies: The first day of fourth grade
The Magic Show: A great new trick

Second to last chapter :) » Read...

My Janet: I was way too distracted when I wrote this one..
Alphabet: Don't say it
An Open and Shut Case: Sometimes easy isn't always bettter
Foul Play: Reunited

Last chapter.. finally. » Read...

first batch of 1-page stories. » Read...

june insanity! 1-page stories for each day of the month. » Read...

1-page stories all month long, one per day. batch 2! » Read...

These are, as per the challenge, unpolished and rather rough. This first one was written in a fit of anger against my assigned section in my job as used bookstore peasant. » Read...

my life... » Read...

Raine Astenase takes on a new job » Read...

Enter the guardsman » Read...

A new life begins » Read...