“I call this emergency meeting of the Elk Grove Homeowner’s Association to order.” Reginald Doll banged his gavel on the table set at the front of the room. A dozen couples, and a third as many single homeowners were in attendance.
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He said don't play with matches. Then told a joke about matches burning twice. The green strike anywhere tip disappeared in a flare of light. The pain was terrible. He laughed at his own joke. The blister lasted a week.
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“Carlton Sims left the bowling lanes at quarter till one on Sunday morning. It was the last time anyone saw him alive. In later interviews with witnesses at the scene, it was still unclear how Mr. Sims met his ultimate fate. Reporting live on Pearl Drop Road, Jill Long, Wimotach Falls 35 News.”
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"But why are you back here, Tom?" The case worker looked at him from behind two-inch thick bullet proof plexi. All Tom Morrison could do was shrug. His head swiveled to the left, and he saw some of his old friends. The term 'friends' might be pushing it.
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The drum vibrated with a familiar call. “Oy, get lost then,” the soldier said. “We haven’t need of you here, boy. The battle’s lost. You ‘ave eyes to see, ain’t ya.” He squatted over another wounded soldier.
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“We can go bigger,” Baker Nell said. “We’ve got to,” Baker Sue said. Along with their team of twenty-nine other bakers, the two head chefs pushed aside their largest attempt at The World’s Biggest Cookie yet, and started over.
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Quint tapped his solid metal ring against the control stick of the aged mining ship. The Ouroboros was part of the family. Quint glanced at a photo of his father sitting at the helm. In another photo, Quint’s grandfather stood in the vast cargo bay.
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Dusk fell over the small town, and porch lights flared. She reached for the large, orange plastic bowl and set it on the kitchen counter. Above the refrigerator, she had stored a month's worth of fun-size candies.
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The phrase "red sky at morning, sailor take warning" echoed through his mind as the sun rose on the horizon. The wide planks of the deck cooled his cheek. He flattened both palms against the ship and pressed hard.
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The cool Fall breeze blew long strands of thin black hair back and forth across his face. As he entered the small village and neared the apogee of his twelve-day pilgrimage, he passed a small hut.
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Before snow melt fled Olympus Mons, to water the jungles of Mariner Canyon, and fill the Chrysetic Sea, the face of Mars was harsh. She was not, however, unforgiving. Even early settlers knew Mars disguised treasures in turmoil.
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"Welcome to the Temple of Almukhut, the only known Egyptian-built structure to be found outside of the Nile delta." The tour guide waved his arm in a wide…
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