You know that old sci-fi or supernatural novel you checked out from the library when you were a kid? You've forgotten the title and the author, but you remember the 80s-tastic cover almost clearly... you remember there were these two kids, a boy and a girl, and... and it was thrilling, and it's h...
Julie thinks the new Thai exchange student is going to turn out to be a drag. He's nothing like her, has nerdy interests, and looks like a dork in his photo. But when he gets there, he actually looks a lot hotter in person, seems to have no interest in math, and actually wants to socialize with J...
I heard the scratch of sharp bristles on the doorframe as she dragged her bulk into the room. Against the pale shape of the refrigerator, I could see that the joints of her legs were higher than her body. The facet of an eye glimmered in the faint light from the window as she paused to survey the...
He was very drowsy, and it took him a moment to get his bearings. Then it came back to him: the mirror box. During the night he had put the haunted box in his closet so that the awful specter would be out of sight. But he hadn’t been able to stop thinking about it. As a result, he hadn’t gotten a...
Most of the other people on the block, concerned with appearances, concentrated their gardening energies on the front lawns, to impress the neighbors. But Dad didn’t care much about the front yard, where we never spent any time. He worked harder on the backyard lawn, which our family could enjoy ...