The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.

Short stories are like individual jewel stones on a necklace, wonderful in themselves like standalone gleaming entities of semantic intensity.

The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.

We don't need fantasy to mess with our minds to the point of rendering us insane - real life horrors do that already.

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright.

I've just been bitten on the neck by a vampire... mosquito. Does that mean that when the night comes I will rise and be annoying?

The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale.