"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) The fear I’m sure he expects. The anger… that may be a surprise. Billy, a significantly overweight lawyer, is driving while his wife spontaneously pleasures him. An old Gypsy woman steps into the street directly in front of the car and is killed, but since Billy is an upstanding... Continue Reading →
In the age of science there lived a small boy, trapped in the body of an oafish man. The boy read like a wolf howls, like a moon beams, but one day his attention was caught by another interest, as so often happens with small boys. The boy went on an epic quest through film noir,... Continue Reading →
by Harlan Ellison “There is no home, if there is no rest. There is no rest if there is no Home.” These tales are like that black and white cigarette commercial from The Simpsons--“I don't know what's in 'em; I just know I can't stop smoking 'em.” Story after story pounds the brain, and you'll... Continue Reading →
by Stephen King If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die. Young Arnold Cunningham is riding shotgun with his buddy Dennis when they pass a rotting heap of a Plymouth Fury junked on the side of the road, displaying a reluctant For Sale... Continue Reading →
by Ray Bradbury ‘Boy!’ yelled Will. ‘Folks run like they thought the storm was here!’ ‘It is!’ shouted Jim. ‘Us!’ Jim and Will, two thirteen-year-old boys, are filled with wonder as a mysterious carnival unpacks itself before their eyes during one of their midnight (3am) excursions from the house. The two have contrasting personalities but are... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors (Stephen Jones - Editor) (on fairies) “But they can’t have memories. They don’t know their name. Don’t have a favourite smell or sound, a longed-for taste or a book in which they might lose themselves. They have nothing.” Peter Crowther – "The Artemis Line" Based on the tales of the brothers Grimm,... Continue Reading →
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