Prose
Priorities
If he had known today was going to be his last day alive, he would have called her instead of finally starting to try to learn Farsi.
Shrugs, not tears, are a tragedy
The sparse, silent bystanders at Ezra’s interment evidenced the true tragedy: it wasn’t that he’d died alone- it was that he’d lived alone.
His subconscious was really depressed, too
As he reread his dream journal, the thing that depressed him the most was that This was what he had meant by ‘happy.’
Eat your heart out, little child
They say the saddest story is when a parent has to bury his or her child. George and Tamsen Donner disagreed.
Take a message… take the hint.
The world was ending and he called his mother to say goodbye. She put him on hold to change her long distance provider.
The Year of the Yeerks
Teleportation became the predominant form of transportation. In two years, it became obvious that you went in, but a bodysnatcher came out.
Happy wife, happy life, zappy knife
Xolnax the Destroyer didn’t want to conquer Earth, but his wife wanted it and the 1000th anniversary WAS the Unobtanium Anniversary.
It’s called “crush” for a reason
Boy meets girl. Boy loves girl. Girl loves other boy. Boy is sad. Repeat.
Ironically, he didn't see it coming.