The news was streaming across the television above the bar. "Good-bye, America. We are no longer a nation at war. We have won the war. The people of the United States of America must be proud. We

"Thank you for agreeing to see me. I know we're about to do an interview, but first I wanted to be sure you had an escape if you needed one. There's a kind of emergency ladder inside, in case you

"Welcome to the wizarding world," the witch says to herself. She is standing in the street, in her familiar hometown. She feels a strange sensation, as if she has traveled through a magical doorway

It was the usual morning news meeting at the publishing house which my husband presided over. One of the employees, a recent addition to the staff, reported that the latest monograph on "generic

I stood at the train station, waiting for my train to arrive. I was wearing my usual conservative grey and blue work uniform, which determined my respectability in society. Riding the train instantly connects

“You don’t believe in ghosts?” “Why, that’s preposterous!” I said with a smile. “Oh? Why on earth not?” He said with a hint of sarcasm. “I don’t know. I guess because I never have. Why would I? I’m just

The crisp, fresh air of a frigid March morning invigorates you as you step out of your car and make your way across the pavement towards the police station. Your former captain had called you in for the

You graduate high school in the summer of your sophomore year, and then you spend the next few months finding housing and preparing for school, both of which are wonky, to say the least. When August rolls

It was a dark and cold evening at the turn of the century in England. A worker leaves his house. He walks to the forest, picking up a fallen branch as he walks. He hears a drop of water hit another drop

My mother had been doing this for years. She was an oracle and she consulted the gods with her prophecy so I know she did it before I was ever born. I had no clue what she did with that information though.

I've always had a vivid imagination, but when I was young, it wasn't all that big. I skipped town as a teenager with no family to go home to, and I left it behind. I came back to Pittsburgh with my friends

I can't believe I'm doing this. It was bad enough leaving my family's home in Osaka, but this... this is insane. But that's love for you. Nothing can get in the way - well, almost nothing. I should start

I am the point man in a seven man wrecking crew sent to the surface of an alien world. Earlier this morning, I died. For nearly two weeks I had been suffering from a headache that refused to go away. The

It was August 30th, two days before leaving on the war with Germany. I was sitting on a chair in my room, preparing everything I wanted to take with me on the trip. I was going to be piloting the ''Daedalus'',

“Selam selam,” we said fondly, as I made my way back down the tunnel toward the chamber. It was, as it always had been, a very long journey. “Ayka, is there anything I can do to help you?” “No, Ninny.”

My foot was tapping wildly before the American Airlines counter, and I was watching for my husband to come out of the terminal. He would be stopping for coffee or maybe a snack before checking his bag.

He gets out of his car and slams the door shut, completely ignoring the fact that I’m standing right outside my car. “I’m really glad you decided to call me,” I say, and he starts to get inside his car

He rose. He twisted his back and cracked his neck. He bent down to pick up the luggage that was by the door and left the room without hesitation. I watched as he walked down the white hallway of the hotel,

Your eyes fluttered, and you groggily awoke; your bed was your domain and just how you liked it. Today, you had work. It was the weekend, so today was a Friday and all that, but it wasn't normal for you

"Still like this old building," he said as he stepped out of the elevator and out of the way of the arriving passengers. He was dressed in a smart charcoal suit that fit him perfectly and was