By: Mark Sarvas

“Can you walk the dog?”

By: Lauren Mechling

She was eating the popcorn out of the blue family vase.

By: Meghan O'Rourke

He is made out of feelings as much as he is made of felt.

By: Stewart O'Nan

Immediately she suspected Sam.

By: Maud Newton

Volcanic lava rained down.

By: Matthew J. Wells

The ribs weren’t the only things White covered in barbecue sauce.

By: J. Robert Lennon

I felt the shards of choirboy slice through my palm.

By: Tom McNeely

“It’s hideously wonderful. I like it.”

By: Sung J. Woo

I’d never seen this figurine before.

By: Betsey Swardlick

I thought it was an attack on the holiday itself.

By: Claire Zulkey

It reminds me so much of my father.

By: Tom Bartlett

To these conundrums we would respond, “You make a point.”

By: Charles Baxter

“This meteorite is priceless.”

By: Joe Wenderoth

Those in disagreement must find someone to stand Birdman for them.

By: Margot Livesey

“I want to count your fillings and lick your vvertebrae.”