Do What I Must Do

If I’ve told these people once, I’ve told them a thousand times:let sleeping dragons lie, folks, for roused, they’re bad … More

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Holy moly, how this warrior keeps waltzing out of hell;It would be a drag, I suppose, if he lost a … More

She’s one ugly mother, but I’ve witnessed worse,turned down dates with women not far from this foul.I have standards, you … More

I see him limp home, his arm torn from his shoulder,mumbling weird words about a mighty stranger,some foreign crazed killer … More

Now he knew he’d see anything coming.Whatever it was, it couldn’t hide from or surprise him.He’d been taken unawares before, … More

I saw his claws. They resembled handswrapped around a sword’s handle too tightly,bloodless white in the fearful death-gripof his cautions … More

Sarah’s grave looks new, well newer, and spreads outto a green grass field, the unfilled spaces for future use,to be … More

There is no one who knows a father’s kneebetter than a child who wraps his armsaround that knee and clings to it like … More

Why do I remember how elm treesdied along the avenues in Madison?Blighted. Some disease. Blamethe Dutch? Really? What an honorto … More

Sometimes it’s a straight line,the closest distance between two points.But it’s not necessarily a flat line.For some, yes, that’s true, … More

If you ever see a naked ghostplease know you’re being had.No one has ever seen a genuine naked ghost.This is … More

I sit behind you at the stoplight, and I know you. The light turns green, but your head bows toward … More

In the end, unwound and desperate, the cold head of the match gone dead, you are being drowned in darkness. … More

It’s as grim as it gets right now tonight when all you want to do is buy beer kick back … More

Contemplate the snail, any kind of snail.More than 40,000 snail species slowly roam the earth,all peacefully paced, wending their way … More

A friend, a school band director, professional drummer, jazz fanatic, and high-end audiophile,reports he’s just back from a west coast … More

I am but a lowly butter roll, sitting in this tawdry woven basket, on this threadbare pink linen napkin amid … More

The first time I read Mrs. Dalloway I was quite young, 21 maybe. And I was struck by her age, 51, and … More

1. Death Wish Rendered unconscious by a fall in the bathtub, a president of Russia drowned. * * * 2. … More

From the time he began college, he kept every single book he bought for every course he took. His library … More