It was a hot, sunny day. The waves off Santa Barbara were almost three feet high because of a distant Pacific storm. Surfers were having fun. Then the fun ended. One surfer started yelling. Surfers on the beach saw him swinging his arms. He went unde...
Boy, this is the worst weed Ive ever had, Wesley thought, even though it smelled great. Hed rolled two joints, smoked them both, and still didnt feel high. Hed heard about some super weed that gets people so high that they think theyre straight. Mayb...
Tamara Smith sliced open an eggplant. The seeds were arranged in the likeness of Elviss profile. Oh, my God! Tamara screamed. She was The Kings biggest fan. She had all his CDs and all the DVDs of his movies. She knew everything about the artist from...
Bill parked his car on the residential street. The street used to be safe, but now there were frequent reports in the weekly paper about break-ins. He put The Club on his steering wheel and made sure that nothing of valuenot even a pair of cheap sung...
May was hoping to broker cigarette lighters in America. Her friend said that Mr. Wang was a big manufacturer in China. She gave May Mr. Wangs phone number. May called Mr. Wang, and invited him to Los Angeles. She arranged several meetings between Mr....
In New York, the residents at a senior center have been receiving free doughnuts and other baked goods for years. The sweets are donated by bakeries and other shops that have leftovers that are not quite fresh enough to sell. The seniors devour the s...
Roy wanted to visit Egypt two years ago. But while he was checking out different tour packages, an airplane crashed into the Atlantic. The plane was an Egypt Air flight from New York to Cairo. It had no sooner gotten airborne than it dove straight do...
The next day, I called my mom. Do you remember me walking into the pond and grandpa rescuing me? My God! Who told you about that? You mean, it really happened? Yes, but your father and I never told you about it because grandma swore us to silence. Ev...
I was sound asleep. My grandfather appeared in a dream. He asked why I had never visited him and grandma at the cemetery. He said that even my mom hadnt visited since October 4 (grandmas birthday). He told me that, when I was young, I had walked out...
It sounds incredible, but the small country of Greece seems to be burning down. Police believe arsonists are responsible for at least half of the fires. Thirty people have died so far, many of them trapped in their homes or their cars. Residents all...
