A collector of antiquities gets more than she bargained for when she receives a gift from a former romantic rival that begins a horrific series of events.A 300-line poem about a man who decides to visit such a graveyard in October near midnight, in hopes of seeing a ghost. He stumbles across the field as a storm approaches.I've got to tell you that he sees only parts of what might be a ghost - not a very satisfying result, and then retreats to his car. That's all. Yet this is one of the finest and most affecting modern poems for reading out loud. It will haunt you.

A somber yet fatalistic tale of a young woman searching for her roots in a foreign land. Sometimes what we're searching for, finds us first.AJ is a short story prequel to the 8th Mayan Prophecy. AJ is the kid everyone in his grade school wants to be like. Unfortunately, he is disinterested in his studies. In order to continue to play sports he forms an alliance with, Nick Jensen, the smartest kid in his class. Together they both get what they desire most - AJ stays out of trouble with his parents and Nick gets chosen to play in every game. But AJ, also the class prankster, always seems to find a way to get them both in trouble, making for some humorous situations.

In 1824, a mysterious plague strikes England's fair shores, worse than the American Revolution and the War of 1812, simply put the dead walk! It becomes a race against time as Captains William Parry and John Franklin traverse London, evading brain-seeking unmentionables at every turn.Have you ever gone out to dinner with friends, expecting to enjoy a lovely meal, with poignant conversation...and instead have met with back-biting, in-fighting, and casual betrayals--all of it unspoken, sent to you by text?Or, rather, sub-text?The following conversation is a testament to just such a situation, where the table-talk above is merely a facade, and while what's really going on is candidly spelled out--in cool and cruel detail.Sub-texting is approximately 400 words.