At 77, Henry’s mind started to go. Alzheimer’s. It was the first anyone heard of his childhood friend William. They used to wrestle till one day their lips touched. Henry beat William half-to-death proving to his other friends what he wasn’t. Eventually, Henry forgot his wife and his daughter’s names, but William remained pressed on…

https://soundcloud.com/sierra-tom-darby/afm-10 As I awoke, only my left eye would open.  The right was swollen shut. “Ah, I let the Devil out of the bottle and he kicked my ass again.” I heard her as she squeezed water from a cloth.  The smell was familiar, but I could not place it. “Eucalyptus?  Mint?” The instant it…

In the U.S., the NSA is the only government agency that actually listens to you. They even have their own pick-up lines: “Did you fall from heaven? Because there’s no tracking data on how you arrived at this location.” “I’d tap that.” “I know exactly where you have been all my life.” But then… A…

“Sherlock Holmes cannot be dead. I jus’ wrote of him yesterday,” said the spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Afghan girl touches the uniform’s caduceus. “Baxsi.” “Witch doctor.” “Whatever makes her less afraid.” “Do you have any anesthetic?” “No.” “Here.” “Good, now lets get that piece shrapnel out of her lung.” “Aye, aye, Doc.”

Autocorrect has made me say things I did Nintendo.

‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’ So I cupped her baby-blues in my hand. They’re correct: I felt truly beautiful.

“Now remember, Lieutenant, you’ll only have three minutes to accomplish your goal,” the doctor said as she injected him with jus’ enough narcotic to help him relax through the transition. Davis instantly felt himself relax as he heard the canopy on the time machine close and latch. He hid it well, the trepidation he felt…

The story of the ‘two me’s’ goes like this: Cuts arm, bleeds profusely.“Tis but a scratch.”Stubs toe.“So this is how I die.” Nothing in between shall do.

“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…hey, who the hell stole our chimney?!”