Cracked's running another shorty story contest. 750 words, romance (bodice ripper)genre. Must include the phrase "it was a dark and horny night". (no, I'm not kidding...they really made that part of the rules! Anyway, here it is for your enjoyment.… more »

This week's writing contest was a little different. 750 words, no style or genre set. The only rule? You had to have a character named Verity and use the word disambiguation somewhere. TrinitySasha was bored. No one told her journalism coul… more »

I whipped up another entry for that Shapeshifter short story competition and thought I'd share it. It was late, too late for her to be walking home alone. Leila knew that, but the party had been a good one; full of wine, laughter and such pretty,… more »

This just won a short story competition over at Cracked.com's forums, making me a very happy girl. To whoever finds this letter, I don’t sleep much anymore. Oh I know its not good for me, the uppers and the caffeine drinks, but it beats the al… more »

It was early enough in the morning that there were only a few people out on the beach, runners mostly, getting in their miles before they headed off to work. A black lab barked in a frenzy of joy, chasing a Frisbee as it is hurled into the waves by his o… more »

When they had started the project, they were sure they had accounted for all the variables. And at first, the time lines for the program’s development had been remarkably accurate. Now however, something had gone terribly wrong. Putting down the sheaf of notes he had been trying to read, Markus scrubbed his eyes to ease their fatigue and sighed. “How did we miss this? more »