What pool?

My neighbors really want me to get a pool.  It doesn't even make sense, everybody around me already has one.  I think local businesses have even caught wind of it.  I have to admit, the pool cleaning guy that keeps coming around seems a bit premature to me.

Heather Stetler - "Pool Cleaner"

While standing at the picture window, patiently waiting, she glanced down at her iPhone. Pulling into the driveway was Paco’s Pool Cleaning van. He arrived every Wednesday promptly at Noon. As she watched him walk to the front door, she thought, “one of these days we should get a pool.”

Incoming!

People tend to be suspicious of unexpected happiness, of joy that just falls into their laps. In an effort to bring a smile to the world I carefully loaded the t-shirt gun with kittens.  These cranky bastards were going to get 80 psi of surprised meowing joy to the groin!

Just Looking For An Excuse

The man slouched further into his battered overcoat and seethed with rage.  There was nothing worse than being in a bad mood and having no one to take it out on.  In school there had been no shortage of targets.  Someone was going to be sorry today!  Any minute now...

A Poem To A Crying Woman

There is a woman
who is the key to my success,
though I have never spoken to her.
She sits outside each morning and cries,
and where each tear lands,
a flower grows.
The neighbors think I beat her.
How can I make them understand?
Without her my floral business...

The Dark Angel (Hellblazer)

Constantine didn't like dealing with the dark angel. Something about it put his teeth on edge. He stared silently at the winged creature. It stared back. In his head he heard, "Alright, take a closer look; see what you really don't want to see." Each feather a trapped screaming soul...