The flight over from the United States had been a long one for the Johnson family so when they landed at Heathrow airport, they couldn’t wait to get to the new home that Bob, Janet and their two boys Billy and Jack were moving into. Bob had inherited the new home from his grandparents earlier in the year after they had passed away., but he had never actually seen it though he was told it was huge....

Ahhh I sighed…sweet relief from the pain. Living with cancer sucked and the constant chemo treatment, well let’s just say left me feeling empty. I had followed the bright light and am on my way to those pearly gates but wait this isn’t the gates I suspected why is there a set of stairs with no hand railing going down.

I stood frozen and scared. I know I had done everything a good person does. I...

The girls were screaming wildly and stuffing dollar bills into the strippers’ g-string, making Marty a happy guy. Among them was Betty, the bride-to-be, who was the most ambitious. She had even grabbed his privates once, and Marty was certain it wasn’t an accident because she gave him a smile with a wink.

It was interesting because when the women entered the club, Betty was the quietest one. She ...

The usual commute home was plagued by traffic congestion and a standstill. Jerry yearned to escape the confines of the car. He had just finished a grueling twelve-hour shift, not for the money, but to complete a project. Sometimes, working for hours helped him distract himself from his life’s complexities. His recent life had become intricate, and thoughts of his ex-girlfriend lingered in his mind...

Jack glanced at the clock, dreading the inevitable: bedtime. Pacing back and forth, he knew another night of nightmares awaited him—a constant in his life, a night of being chased, beaten, and terrified.

It all began when he was nine, with a recurring dream of ghosts in his house and his inability to escape. Every evening, he would wake up just as the unseen entity was about to strike. His mother...

Jeffrey sat at the table in the small room impatiently waiting for the interrogator to come into the room. He tapped his foot on the floor causing his knee to bounce like he always did when he was nervous. He had no idea why he was there, but it couldn’t be good, and he didn’t even know how he had got here.

He got up and began pacing back and forth in the room. He had enough of this sitting aroun...

Matthew always had a green thumb; he could grow a tree from a stick. He had been looking for a new challenge when he found an ad on the internet for a person to take care of their flowers. He was intrigued and called the number on the bottom of the ad. 

An elderly woman answered, and Matthew said, “I saw your ad in the paper and was interested in what taking care of the flowers entailed.”, “The f...

“What was that?”, Bill asked as he turned to look at the door to the basement. Janet looked at him and surprise and asked, “What sound?”. Bill walked towards the door and placed his head against it, and then there was a large thump that shook the door on its hinges. Bill jumped back and said, “Don’t tell me you didn’t hear that?”, Janet still had a confused look on her face. Bill felt frustrated a...

I’m feeling the pain flowing through my body and can feel my head start to pound. I look around the room and see the IV dripping into my arm. The beeps from the monitors are steady which is something new since I first arrived here. I know they told me there was a flat line initially when they first brought me in last night. I’m here only by the luck of the draw; my passenger wasn’t so lucky.

The...

I’m loving this new type of material to lay down on. It helps to keep me cool and is softer than any of the other ones I have experienced thus far. My family loves me as well they should I have been with them for generations. I remember the first generation I lived with, it was so many years ago.

That first generation was living in the woods of 17th century Virginia, a colony of the new world. Li...