So that's how it began. How Jack and  Imogen Howe began speaking with  English accents. And in fact... they even began calling Jack by a new name Kieth. Jack didn't know where the name came from. But he went with it. And he was happy because the two of them...

There were so many words on the  internet . Every second there were walls of text being generated by humans and machines alike. Thoughts. Ideas. Sentiments. Opinions. A lot of them were were indifferent in content and theme, although unique in arrangement. At one point the old man strived to...

The breeze of the evening rustled the branches. The shadows danced across the concrete sidewalk and the grass. Love walked with a cigarette in his hand. A cigar he had smoked earlier. But for a walk... he preferred a cigarette. Something about a  cigar warranted that he be seated. A...

This was his first time at his sister's new place. It wasn't so new. She'd moved there two years ago. But he hadn't had time to visit. well that was a little unfair. He literally couldn't have come. He had been up in  Spacecity the past four years. Now he...

"Guns. You really think those will protect you?" Jhon said.

Tim raised an uzi up to Jhon who stood still staring out the glass window.

"I don't know. You tell me." Tim said.

Even before Baloo took a step towards them, Rob pointed his uzi at the mountain of flesh.

Jhon turned around. He...

The evening sun is deceptive. It feels like it might stay forever only to exit abruptly.

On our way to the airport I was squinting, trying not to be blinded. After seeing Ana off at the passenger drop-off, I drove home under violet swirls, the kind that makes you think God...

Sandy Bridgers picked at the white glob on the verneer tabletop. She shivered slightly, then took out an Italian flannel shirt. Sandy aimed to keep a long sleeve shirt in one of the bags bags she carried, no matter the temperature. American buildings blasted the AC unlike any other country....

The first thing she did upon arrival was check the fridge. It was indeed stocked. Two dozen eggs , a half gallon Whole MIlk , butter, one plastic container of salad greens, one plastic container of baby spinach, deli sliced smoked hickory turkey, deli sliced yellow cheddar, deli sliced smoked...

He hadn't been to SSD since he got his puppy. But before that he used to spend all his free time, weekday or weekend s, at the SSD. He liked the first S the best. It stood for  shooting range . It was not that he found pleasure in shooting...

My mom used to take me  downtown every  Saturday , a forty minute drive, so that I could volunteer with her at a  soup kitchen . She told me it was good for building my character, but she also knew that my dad needed a break at least one day...

There's an imprisoning feeling that comes with the American car culture, although I bet when cars were becoming a mainstay of life, it was all about  freedom .

Drive whenever, wherever you want. Don't get stuck in crowds and be chained to public transit's timetables.

Because driving has been the default travel...