sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love.

Black rose, black roseWho’s gonna be your only one?Who’s gonna keep you safe and warm?Run, run my baby black roseI’m gonna find you home.

At that exact moment, 6-0-0, the sun climbed over the skyline of oaks, revealing its full summer angry-god self. Its reflection flared across the river toward our house, a long, blaring finger aimed at me...

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As a rule, I had murder in my mind. That day, I had it in my heart.

You may suppose that perhaps this Walter T. Wallace found his destiny in food and passed down to his progeny a legacy like that of the great Colonel Sanders. The folks here in Wallace County...

People who tell you exactly what they think of you aren’t necessarily enemies.

Maligned –powerfully-drawn characters acting out a disturbing view of our future.” -David Compton, New York Times Best-Selling author

If you live your life in fear and had the opportunity to change. . .could you muster the strength?

His desire for this to be a joke was quickly replaced by a desire for whiskey.

And, like him, she’s going to get herself killed.” – Gena Evans, Nowhere to Run

When I lifted up the skin, a fat kidney worm dripping with gore raised its bald, blind head and glared at me.

I don’t know why I told you all those things, but I did. Maybe it was because I’m a drunk, and sometimes drunks like to confess.

… the only difference between carnivores and plants is that the latter eat meat through ‘translator’ organisms. Maggots and bacteria ‘pre-chew’ dead animal matter, which plants then absorb as nutrients. So if eating pre-chewed food...

But he couldn’t risk taking the helmet off. It was the only thing saving him from the firing squad. He was no longer able to keep his thoughts silent. No longer able to squash his...

If you ride around with your mouth hanging open, I assume that could be a possibility.

What are we, Charlie’s Angels?

But death has taken root inside you and you know it will grow, like a cancer with a voice, from now until the day it consumes you whole.

Perfection all the time would drive them mad. For every perfect little town, there’s something ugly underneath. No dream without the nightmare.

This is what people were looking at all day? How embarrassing! I looked like Quasimodo! My guests were exceptional actors.

There was some violence a year ago. An important kid got shot during an attempted kidnapping while on spring break in Mexico. The Fortune 500 went security crazy. Now rich kids like Jack need a...

Noriega wound up like a baseball pitcher on top of the bed and hurled the small gun, but was low and outside for a ball. His tight-fitting house dress was bunched up high on his...

She cursed under her breath. Eddie watched the EBs react, the younger ones recoiling with silent gasps.”Better watch your language. There are children present. I think you’re freaking them out.””Sure, I’m the one freaking them...

The only person truly capable of keeping me from fulfilling my dream is me.

Freaking yes!”Everyone agreed. Unanimous.With the air around them crackling with electricity, the ladies joined hands and shared a moment of financial rah-rah gal power.

People have incredible nerve to do terrible things, but never actually admit to them.

No woman will ever take care of my children but me, she said. I will not allow it, do you understand?And after I am gone Madge Toxley, if you try to make them yours, then...

Nine had heard whisperings that the secretive Bilderberg Group was effectively the World Government, undermining democracy by influencing everything from nations’ political leaders to the venue for the next war. He recalled persistent rumors and...

My only allegiance is to my country. The success of our country is built on hard work, sacrifice, innovation, integrity, and confidence. How can you be confident if you can’t get a job? How can...

Why Are Terrorists into Piracy? Well, they are movie buffs too!

If truth be told, I came away ‘almost’ believing in their existence. (Author Nikki B. on ‘ORPHANS – Time is running out’ by Ian Dewar)

Did you consider anything like the Infected?’ Simon had asked.’Not quite. But some of our other contingency plans might help us out with this particular mission.

His body jerks twice as the bullets hit him. I scream, but no sound leaves my mouth. I’m frozen in pure terror.

If you’d saved the girl, you’d be a hero. Next time.

Mr. Gweta looked ten years younger than Professor Khupe had expected. His jet-black hair was trimmed so neatly that it would make a manicured golf course look scruffy. His face was exceptionally smooth, giving the...

Sometimes in the winter, when the fog rolled in andsilenced the waves, it felt as if death had its fingers around myneck. Fingers like frostbitten twigs that made me ache inside.

Hingga hari ini, saya masih tidak mengerti apa yang terjadi. Saya hanya tahu betapa rasa takut bisa menjadi senjata yang ampuh.

The tools of their trade were simple, effective things: iron knuckles, saps and the like. But the iconic tool of the scuttler arsenal was a woven leather belt with a heavy iron or brass buckle...

Bruises and dried blood covered her face, giving the illusion of chicken pox.

If you want to kill serious crime, you have to kill serious criminals!

Only I was capable of saving her now, and that, as far as anyone could argue, may have made me worse than all the devils and the demons, but it also, more accurately, made me...

The human brain has a natural ability, inherent in its mechanism, to work on many levels, in a process of constant promptings, in a type of self-preservation.If only humans understood…Most ignore it.

He could not have faced her right then. He had started to sense their relationship was over, that she wanted more than he could ever give her. They hardly saw each other any longer, had...

I was such a messed up person and he was still holding on.

Simon’s brain tried to comprehend the situation. ‘Was an international supermodel really holding Doc Gutson, leader of the infamous Bloodworth Gang, captive?

One wrong move, one bad rumor, one mistake, and it’s social death row. I’m the latest to be sentenced. Move out of the way, everyone. Dead girl walking. -Riley

Hustling sex for cash ain’t dangerous if you learn the tricks quick, and that means puttin’ yourself in a different mindset. Always scout for an exit for when you need it. Act confident and tough...

SWAT? For me?” Still trembling, one hand clung to the ambulance gurney, the other held a massive sterilised cotton wool wad under my nose.”Tactical Support was busy. You got Dennis and Arlo,” said Harry, speed-reading...

I closed the door and sank into my desk chair. My heart was pounding even harder. I felt like someone who had just staggered out of her car after an accident on a freeway. This...

I’ve always said women are vicious creatures – Detective Zach Grimes