Under The Bed

I was tightly tucked up in bed with the glow of the nightlight illuminating the corner, as I begged my father to check for monsters in the cupboard opposite.

He closed the bedroom door and I switched off the nightlight and pulled myself into the blanket. It was then I heard the heavy breathing. He forgot to look under the bed.

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Warning

She climbed into the tub, ready to relax and enjoy the warmth and comfort of the bath.

She lays back, but she immediately feels her life slipping as she reads the label: “WARNING Do not submerge in water; may cause short-circuiting.”

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Awkward

Knowing my crazy-ex girlfriend was visiting her folks in town this weekend, I decided to get away and crash at my buddy’s country home for a few days until she left. I got there and was having a great time with my group of guys, until my ex arrived and addressed my buddy as “darling.”

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The Ledge

I spent my entire life wishing for things to be better, begging and pleading to feel normal, to smile and to feel loved.

The air gently graced my skin as I peered out of the window and saw bustling metropolis far below. It was only when my stomach re-adjusted to the inertia that I made my final wish: “I wish I hadn’t jumped”

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He had wanted to be famous for as long as he could remember. But this, this was nothing but hell.

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Going Green

Going Green

George met Sally at a Biology lecture and asked her for her opinion of his senior project to increase the wetlands frog population. Sally accompanied him and impressed by his work surprised him with a kiss, only to hear a loud ‘poof’ and her voice blurt out a throaty, “Ribbit!”

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Munchies

Evelyn discovered why rooms came available so often six months after being moved to the nursing home. It happened the night she rolled her wheelchair to the cafeteria for a late night snack, and saw her name on the menu sheet.

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