Check my riddle, and I’ll let you play my fiddle.

Christopher throws dandelion head after dandelion head into his bag. It’s getting heavy now and his fingers are stained from the work but there are still so many left to kill. His biggest mistake is...

The whole point of straws, I had thought, was that you did not have to set down the slice of pizza to suck a dose of Coke while reading a paperback.

But who is ever fair in an argument?

What is she doing here? I wondered. Hasn’t she had enough green-upping?

Why do want to find him so bad?’ I ask after a while, but she’s not listening. I watch her a bitlonger. ‘Why do you want to find him so bad?’ I ask again.She blinks...

When I first entered the school, I was all set to tie my hair in a ponytail, get a fake tan, and write my homework in pink gel ink. I was prepared to hear girls...

We’re everywhere, out there, among you

Goodwill to all.’ I know it’s techinically ‘goodwill to all men,’ but in my mind, I drop the ‘men’ because that feels segregationist/elitist/sexist/generally bad ist. Goodwill shouldn’t be just for men. It should also apply...

I’m leaning toward the second choice. You are both getting way too weird. And gross.”Cal barked out a laugh and slid his fingers down my arm to entwine with mine. His touch, and Emma’s comments,...

Never make eye contact with a stranger when you’re having a churro.

Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown every Tuesday evening.

People aren’t broken. They’re just interestingly wired.

Love is the color of red inverted. At least that’s what Gunnar Greenlove told me, and I believe him because he’s from an island where half the people tell only the truth and half tell...

My mom just loved me through all of it.

The first thing you lose when you die is your motor skills.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

He had to die someday too. He might do it on sheets with a six-hundred-plus thread count, but he’d die just the same. Death wouldn’t forget about him.

An ordinary man can enjoy breakfasting on juice and rye bread.But when you are underfed, scorned, miserable or just plain bored, you don’t want to eat dull wholesome food.You want something a little more colourful,...

Use Jesus Motor Fuel—Put a savior in your tank!

Looking can make you want. Wanting can get you thinking. If you want them to stop thinking, just give them what they want.

I’m the first to admit that I don’t write right. Now, relax and enjoy the show! The sideshow, that is.

The greatest stories are simple, but well told.