Stranded on the sofa like a whale fed up with plankton, he knew he couldn’t eat any more. Yet he felt the things he had eaten were not enough to fill him – a renowned publisher, the limelight of the literary

Light on the grass: from the evening train a smiling house. This haiku is from Saturday, actually. I took @mariannewest's great advice and chose one of the single prompt options. Then I took a day off

God – What’s the next sample? Uriel – It’s corn, my Lord. Zea Mays, variety Everta. God – And what does it require to be created? Uriel – Well, a pretty standard setting. Fine-structure constant around

After the last chord, Donnie Caruso put down the guitar and grabbed the mic. “Thank you very much, guys,” he said, and then, loudly: “Bang.” “Are you OK, buddy?” said Jimmy from the console. “Totally!

So when they served the desserts, my eyes got finally stuck on her nose ring. Like a tie in an elevator door. – Stop staring at me – she said. – I can’t. – I get it, you don’t like the ring. – Oh no, I

After three days spent fleeing through the desert, the satchel gripped in his hands, Tony felt his brain was burned to a crisp and decided to stop. The thought of Michelson was firmly lodged in the back

I floss my tears. I need to. When they come out of my eyes and they freeze like ice (they're not ice), soon bacteria colonize them and they become yellowish. Ugh. There's nothing worse than yellowish solid

11:45 – Awake. 11:50 – Now fully, totally awake. 11:55 – This time perfectly awake. For real. 12:00 – I don't know why I was sleeping. But I'm really awake now. After many many weeks. 12:05 – A nurse came

Why should he work on a trial-and-error basis when he could attack the problem scientifically? An old paper by Shannon (1950) enlightened him. He used Zipf’s law to estimate the entropy of the Japanese