Jason sniffed at the fall air, moldering mushrooms, caramel apples, and cinnamon in everything. The corn maze looked less fun and more...

They've been speaking to me again. I thought I had gotten over it. The therapy seemed to work. Imagine the pain as words written on a...

Margaret tossed and turned. She hated the summer for its heat, its endless days, and her yearly "time". She rubbed her legs against each...

My grandfather's shade killed him. Not a really rare fate where the men in family are concerned. The last time I saw him, his shade was...

Several people crouched around the hole in the earth, turning their heads this way and that. "Well it's certainly unusual," Nancy said. A...

A hundred curfews were broken on the night of September 30th, 1963. As the sun was setting, the class of '64 took matters into their own...

Pascoe trotted through the streets, his claws clacking against the cracked asphalt. He found a bit of shade beneath a bus stop and laid...

The stone slabs of the mausoleum doors ground against the ground as Simon forced them open. He checked around again, to make sure a night...

The other people on the bus bobbed and swayed, bumping into Millie every few seconds. It irked her but it was public transit. "What can...

Summer scorched the tiny town of Hacksaw. The sun seemed frozen at its peak, roasting anyone and everything under its hateful eye. The...

The halls of Hollow Oak High echoed with the sound of squeaking shoes. Harry Davenport, having snuck in to steal the State Football...

The parasaurolophus charged through the dense overgrowth, the raptor at its heels. Its mixture of bright and earthy green skin made it...

It's not normal for us to feel sorry for our hosts. But here I am, mourning poor Tony Block. I've learned that the word "host" applies to...

Something was getting the coyotes. Normally, Jeb would be happy to find a dead coyote. Not happy, but relieved. It was given you'd lose...

Rory said it must have been a bear. Mark said it didn't matter, that we were screwed no matter what it was. I had a hard time disagreeing...

“This stuff will clean literally anything,” Roger told his prospective new customers. The couple eyed him warily from their couch. Dinner...

The party was in full swing. The stereo was turned up as loud as it would go. The whole cabin smelled like sweat and Aquanet. Janice sat...

Molly left the doctor, as people often do, more unsure and upset than when she’d gone in. She wasn’t going to bother with it at first,...

I like to think they had a hard time, deciding what they did. But I'm not sure they are even capable of thinking that way. Maybe guilt is...

"This is stupid," Luis said, kicking the tires of his beat up truck. He had driven them out to the boonies at Martin's (fairly rude)...