"struggle is optional. pain is inevitable"
Words and Meanings This essay is an attempt to return the true meaning of the phrase "faith and good deeds;" the meaning…
V Luke jumps through the cold water and into a clear yellow sky, with the sun at the horizon striking his face,…
IV An hour later, Luke rolls to his side and places his hands on the ground. He manages to get his upper…
III The customers and waiters at Jake’s cafe had been lying flat on the floor when Jake had fired the first missile…
II EARLIER THAT DAY. Genghis is walking towards Jimmy’s Pancake House. The air is cold but the sky is clear and…
I believe I was around eight years old in Kuwait City. My brothers, cousins, and myself had new bicycles and whenever the chance arose we…
I – “How did you do it?” – “I already told you; with my knife.” – “I wasn’t talking…
Prelude “Why of course the people don’t want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life…
At the Microsoft building near ZhiChunLu subway station, Beijing, there was a long line of taxis standing by, waiting for Microsoft employees…
The fact that different cities around the world, holding population size constant, have different crime rates, must lead us to conclude that…
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