The sledgehammer was carefully wrapped in wax paper, since it was the only thing available at the present. The police took prints from the top of the refrigerator to make sure that is where the hammer was originally located. They also took prints to see if there were actually kitty paw prints on the hammer and took prints off the cat to make sure they didn’t accuse the wrong cat. There was a possibility that another cat was trying to frame the gray cat to get rid of him since he was such a n...

Silver-locks came across an empty log house in the woods while she collected herbs for witchcraft. Since the house seemed empty, she used a credit card and jimmied the lock, opening the door. Inside, she found a long antique hardwood table with three hand carved chairs in large, medium and small sizes. In front of each chair was a bowl of food. She smelled the food and it made her hungry, so she set down the herbs and sat in the largest chair and proceeded to taste the food. In the bowl, the...

“Just try it, Shelly. It’ll be easy after the first time, I promise you.” “If I screw up, Dad will kill me.” “If you don’t try, you’ll never be able to do it,” encouraged Dean. She started out slow, but popped the clutch. “Okay, pull up and try turning your steering wheel in the opposite direction,” he reassured her. Shelly tried it again but it did the same thing. She pulled forward and smashed into her father’s toolbox. “Can’t you see what you’re doing? Dad is going to ground us.” She tried...

The only piece of furniture left in her foreclosed home was the old grandfather clock. Because ancient architects set it flush into the wall, it took a crew of four men to pull it out. Minnie noticed an old box on a deep shelf behind the space where the clock once stood. She pried it open to find two things: the sales slip for the clock and a bulging bag filled with a thousand one hundred dollar gold pieces. She fainted.

It all started in the tenth grade. I had this friend named Jan that went to the same high school. I looked up to her because she was really cool. The first day I we met, she was on the blacktop behind the school cafeteria after lunch. She and this other girl, Janette, were exchanging clothes outside. I mean... down to the under-ware, they were stripping in front of all the students who just had lunch. Some of the boys that smoked had their own designated smoking area near the tennis court fa...

Francisco milked his nanny goat for the last time. It made him feel sad since his papa gave him the goat when he was only nine. He took his paint mare for a ride to look one more time at the harsh landscape of Durango, Mexico and tell his old classmates goodbye. He was going to miss Victoria the most. She had first been a sister to him and then, his first lover. Her father wouldn’t let him marry her until he proved himself. The way he figured it, her father wanted more than the mare and the ...

It isn’t because you pawned my most valued possessions That I don’t buy you anything to call your own It isn’t because you binged on alcohol when I was sick That I never call you a doctor It isn’t because you left me in the desert alone That you don’t get the car keys It isn’t because you abandoned our dogs That I don’t allow you any pets It isn’t because you messed with other women That I chase off all of your friends It isn’t because NOW you finally love me It’s because I DON'T LOVE YOU any...

Caring for me when no one else would Always being here just like you should Patience when I went astray Tender words that made me stay Undying love, staying so true Reminds me just why I married you Infinite love lives deep in my heart Now and forever, till death, do us part, Generous, and sincere; with you it’s an art Miracles happen when we least expect You were the last one I would suspect Declaring to me your undying love Responding to prayers I asked God above Everything I asked for, was...

Silver-locks came across an empty log house in the woods while she was out collecting herbs for her witchcraft. Since the house seemed to be empty, she took out a credit card and jimmied the lock to open up the door. Inside, she found a long antique hardwood table with three hand carved chairs in large, medium and small sizes. In front of each chair was a bowl of food. She smelled the food and it made her hungry, so she set down the herbs and sat in the largest chair and proceeded to taste t...

The sledgehammer was carefully wrapped in wax paper, since it was the only thing available at the present. The police took prints from the top of the refrigerator to make sure that is where the hammer was originally located. They also took prints to see if there were actually kitty paw prints on the hammer and took prints off the cat to make sure they didn’t accuse the wrong cat. There was a possibility that another cat was trying to frame the gray cat to get rid of him since he was such a n...