A children's (?) book from 1962. Fantastic. Try guessing the rhymes before you scroll down. Gashlycrumb Tinies by by Edward Gorey. What else has this genius created?

I have been excitedly waiting for my new "old" sofa. Excited but also waiting with growing trepidation. You see I did something I have told clients never to do. I took on a new upholsterer without doing enough homework and without ...

Well, they say we learn by our mistakes, don't they? Here's a silly an easily avoidable fubar you can all relate to (if you're a radio amateur, that is)... So, here I am, at my partner's place for some desperately needed ...

Hiro learns of his father's death and travels back in time to save him only to realize that he must let events unfold as fate intended. He does however recognize his father's killer. Matt Parkman realizes that he has the ability to ...

Our tale begins with a Chief on holiday, wandering through the back alleys of Thunder Bay's Simpson Street, where he comes upon a little antique shop, filled with curious pieces of bric-a-brac and art objects. ...

In David Cronenberg's 1977 film Rabid, a young woman burned in a motorcycle accident is given a treatment which was then based on an entirely fictional premise: she is given skin grafts in which the grafted skin is first transformed to ...

Published in 2002 Language: en Type(s): Short Fiction, Fantasy.

In one of my story universes, set on Terra during the reign of the Third Countess of Terra, my characters make reference to the original countess in turns of phrase and euphemisms. "Give her any authority and she thinks she's the ...

Portland, Oregon 97203.

... driving entirely too fast in the first place) desperately trying to light firecrackers with our lighters as gasoline spray covered us with every turn. Oh, the stupidity! So, what is your cautionary tale of improper fireworks usage?