“What do you think?” Mike asked, having shown Elena around her home in the Goopie. Apparently, it was in the style of modern Icelandic architecture, and somehow Mike had gotten the idea that Elena loved clown decorations. “I love it,” Elena said, trying not to sound extremely sarcastic. “It’s truly wonderful. Hey, I was just …
Thank goodness working from home has become more mainstream. Now I can finally do more with my career than working at a call centre. Being a talking dog has been hard, but I definitely don’t envy the dogs that are not cursed with human-like intelligence. Luckily, feeding yourself as a dog comes quite cheap in …
It was a dark and stormy night, and as I was sitting in my living room, the lights suddenly went out. At first, I thought it was just a power outage, but when I looked outside, I saw that the streetlights were still on. That’s when I realised that there was something wrong with the …
I had been looking for my dream home for a while now, but after inspecting a lot of houses I hadn’t found anything I wanted to buy. It was becoming frustrating since I had a full-time job and two children and I didn’t have the time to dedicate to the search. I was talking to …
As the owner of a business, I’m accustomed to tackling an array of challenging situations. Whether it’s difficult staff, unhappy customers, misplaced orders, or missing stock, there’s no challenge I have not faced. It all goes hand in hand with being a business owner. It’s why many of us are very calm people. You can’t …
Randal Ruffley’s showroom was a mess. Glass of a thousand different colours had been scattered along the ground, making for a dazzling – albeit horrific – sight. I’d never gotten to see this famous art installation in person, but I’d seen the pictures. Who hadn’t? What was once a brilliant sculpture of decorative glass was …
“What is this place?” I asked myself as I reached the bottom of the ladder, looking out over a metal balcony. The large room looked like something out of a sci-fi movie, with dozens of blue pods lining the walls. “This is the cryo chamber, my dear Fredward,” said a voice from across the catwalk. …
Today my brother and I have decided that we are going to paint a continent. I mean, there are only 104 days of summer vacation, so we really have to make the most of it. We just moved to Australia from the United States, and we are really committed to doing everything we can before …
“Let me get this straight,” said Gideon, sitting on a lounge chair in a dark room. “You drove up to this mansion and waited for instructions. That’s when a stranger ran around the corner like he was being chased by a pack of demons. He got in your car and immediately made you his hostage, …
This morning I welcomed a new customer into my store. I had been at the back of the shop before they arrived, cutting my latest wolfsbane stock into fine bundles. The sound of the bell startled me, and I looked up. Walking through the door was an older woman, perhaps in her seventies. She had …