It was springtime on the farm.Miss Emily went all out for the decorations this year. She even found a six-foot-tall inflatable bunny.Sparky saw the giant bunny and went into guard dog mode and barked and yipped. All the animals came to check out the reaso...
Are you waiting for me?Waiting for me to step aside,To bow out gracefully,All for you to have what’s mine. I’ve watched you slinking around,Sneaking in behind the scenes,Planting seeds and little blooms,Hoping she will tend them. She has a gentle touch,It...
“They don’t know, but yes, I have it. They wanted me to convince you to sign it straight away, confiding in your eagerness to get your hands on a lot of money. They were so bent to that family that they automatically believed any lie they were told, so th...
The lawyer was pleased, and destroyed the two letters. Then he called all of the old associates, and explained what was happening. They were shocked, and most of them, as he told me earlier, had been almost friend, and with deep debts of gratitude to dadd...
“My family is much different from the Glantrys. We value the person, not their wealth or heritage. I’m working as a lawyer, starting from the lowest. I attended a public school where nobody knew me, and I had to work to do anything that wasn’t connected t...
“No, Julie… It’s because I love you. I fell in love with you the moment I saw you when I was buying that book, and that love grew the more I was knowing you. The day you smiled for the first time, I felt like if nothing else in the world was more importan...
The Price of Betrayal God, it’s cold tonight, he thought, his breath hanging in the air in front of his face as he exhaled. He remembered a time when, as a child, he would puff out on cold days like these, trying to make smoke rings, like his Grandfathe...
The next morning, he was there at ten, but I was busy with a group of tourist customers, looking for maps and history books about the city. They got me really busy for at least an hour, but in the end, I managed to sell something to every single one of th...
At first light I can finally see around me No furniture No walls Nothing as it was only hours ago Now is only silent Feeling numb In the rumble, I see a photo with smiling faces I see the damage The pieces of my life I want to scream Should I rebuild ...
“You ready, son?” whispered the Martian, sharp teeth drooling in anticipation.A poppy dipped in response.“Stay bent over; wait for her to rise up. I’ll eat the left one, you take the right.”The poppy dipped again... “You boys in place?” whispered the old...
For all her infant life and some way beyond, Jane hated the sea. It was always there in all its forms lapping gently at the rocky shores of Clyth, like some friendly faithful dog, or giving a harvest as generous as a fertile field. Yet Jane believed tha...
She searched all over for the love she read about A fairytale A Romeo and Juliet One in a million kind of love Then out of nowhere He walked into her life He was like a modern-day knight in shining armor They were smitten from the word go There were fir...
Through the kaleidoscope of colour Grew the rainbow of hope, From the golden rays of light The halo burned bright Above a million guardian angels, And became an army of heroes From which the fight lived on Through the ‘British bulldog spirit’ And lives on...
Before Sam and Doug was a beautiful silver-gloss-painted car. It was slick, with smooth curves and tinted windows. It had side skirts and a hood with a vent on it. The tires were thin and the rims, shiny with a metallic blue glow coming from them. The car...
Monday Ron leaned back in his chair, resting the back against the side of the station. An old rusty yellow and green pickup truck was making its way down the highway in his direction. He unscrewed the top of his Snapple bottle and drank a deep draught o...
