The blonde walked down the aisle, her hair hypnotising me. Oh so beautiful. The angel was surrounded by a sea of red and white. The petals of roses gliding down to the ground, while her white silken dress flew about her feet. I watched as she walked towards me. Her blue eyes shown in the light of the sun, her body gracefully moving. Led by no one but the sergeant himself, the old wise fella, her f...

I’m there when it all goes down; sitting there like a fly on the wall. The sunlight catches on the dust in the air of the room as it falls through the eternity of the space. The room is visibly hungover from the buzz of its nightlife — a steady stream of colorful characters infiltrating the hardwood and swinging to the jukebox with nothing in their veins but gin and conviction; vampi...

It was the best of times and it was the worst of times. The year was 2007, Apple introduces the iPhone, Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, and I (Wayne Carlan) almost die from lead poisoning. It all started with good intentions mind you, I had come home early from work to pick up Melissa and the boys to go eat at the local catfish house. We ate all the...

Winter semester at the University of Berkeley in California commences in the beginning of January. It was Adam's first day at the University and he was running late for his first Psychology and was hauling butt towards his As he was running through a long hallway, he saw a girl walking in the opposite direction; as he got close to her, he slowed his pace and started walking. The first tim...

Thursday was when I was admitted to the emergency room by my mother. You’re probably wondering, “Why was Celia in the emergency room on a Thursday evening, trailing behind her angry mother?” Because in Math, I had written a suicide note. We were working on two way tables or something, I’m not sure what it was but it was dull. Throughout the entire day I just felt so down an...

Three times. Three times in. Three times out. Three whole times. He inspected the expert work more closely, tracing the outline of the wound with his fingers through the velvet overlay of crimson. He could feel it, still warm, through the surgical gloves. Captain Envy even smiled, "Yes, the Coroner will see a single entry wound. Excellent work. Truly!...your becoming quite an accomplish...

Jason knew better, but he let the gate swing open when he tapped it. He'd stood in the same spot before, and he'd been curious. He'd tapped it before, too...but he'd never known the gate to open. His tap, previously must have been somewhat less...committed, maybe. He took a deep breath and lightly touched the top of the first picket on the once-white gate. The wood felt smooth, as...

"I said, SPREAD YOUR GODDAM LEGS!" Lilly turned bright red. "You don't have to say it that LOUD!" she said, hissing, glancing around the restaurant as she spoke. "Dammnit! You're always TRYING to embarrass me." She smiled at a couple of patrons who had looked over in alarm. She didn't know what to do so she sort of waved and immediately felt even more embarrased and d...

Jump. It was that simple. She'd whispered it in his ear. Just "Jump". One word. Cradled in brackets of silence. Ryan thought about it for days afterwards. He'd noticed how the breeze smelt of fried chicken. There was a Wendy's on the corner, but he hadn't remembered seeing a Kentucky Fried Chicken. It was definitely fried chicken and not the aroma of Wendy's Chicken Sandwiches. A...

I arrived in this world in the worst kind of way, my mum hooked on brown, dad in nick for affray! So a baby is born with a A addiction, this can’t be true? Surely its fiction? See mum never cared that I was in her womb, obsessed with how much smack her veins could consume! I guess she just thought it would all just work out; at worst maybe I'd have the odd sickness bout! But if she...