What goes through the mind of someone who knows that their assignment means certain death? What face do they show to their peers and how does that compare to what they feel inside? This story was inspired...

What does one learn at age seven that is powerful enough to change their whole view of life? 1954, simple times, at least that's how it looks on the surface. Going into the mind of a seven year old, life...

Roberta had just been dumped by her boyfriend. Sergio was seeing someone on the side. Carly…, well, Carly does what Carly does. Floyd, a big man who was overweight and overworked, was also in for a huge...

Every child wants to believe that something is magical. Everyone hopes that their dreams will come true…, if only. Finding an odd rock at the end of a rainbow? What could be more magical than that? Unfortunately,...

Frank, living in a condo above Earth, chokes on an ice cube and dies quite suddenly. Lillian, his wife, doesn't know what to do and contemplates sending him off toward Earth, hoping that he will burn...

Kuchan, a little cloud, is tired of raining and wants to try something new. But she is quickly reminded that, as a cloud, it is her duty to rain. Does that stop her? Would it stop you? Read on.

Barely escaping with their lives from a time one hundred years prior, Sam, Kathryn, Paul and Melissa thought that the fire stone saga was behind them until Sam received a letter from someone named Sasi,...

In 1964, at age fourteen, Calvin moves with his family to sunny San Diego, leaving behind two feet of snow back in Chicago. On his first trip to the ocean, he discovers what he believes to be a spent...

The manufacture of parts for orbiting condos is the main function inside Cond-Orbit's massive dome, located several miles east of L. A. But, two stories underground, a far more secretive project is taking...

In 1883, Oskar left with his uncle to get an education in the city, but was surprised to learn that he was part of a losing bet in a card game. For one year he was consigned to be a cabin boy for the...