Warning: Trespassers will be welcomed. 

Her eyes opened. She screamed. 

Late. Red eyes. Flickering screen. 

You'll never beat your first. 

'Nice car.'
'Thanks, it's stolen.'

Dived. Forgot how to swim. 

Keying her own car? Typical.

Doctor Hugglesworth hated his patients. 

'You from around here?' 
'Heuurxxzsagh?' 

'Coming, ready or not.' 
'Help!' 

Itching to escape, he worked.

Fingernails already raw, she chewed. 

'I'm pregnant.' 
'So what?' 
'Bastard.' 

Aliens from Earth invaded Mars. 

Their suicide pact? Getting married.

Dust blanketed the piano keys. 

'Dad?' 
'Have we met before?' 

Krtxatc'ang found human DNA tasty.

She danced. He pretended to.  

He proposed.

She said, 'Maybe.' 

Staggering home drunk became unfunny. 

She claimed Earth as hers.

Unicycling. His cry for help.

His black belt was ornamental.

'No. Now what's the question?'

Business was slow during Armageddon.

He slept late, missed everything.

'Don't look.'

'Christ!' 

'Told you.'

'Accidents happen.' 

'You cause them.'

Sudden noise made him twitch.

'Where am I?' 
'You're home.'

He never won at cards.

Bill? He frightens the cattle. 

Gunfire woke him. A dream?

Her books unread. Piano silent.

Flashing light. She stopped. Stared.

Son, every cough is ominous.

He sinks and doesn't surface.

Ingredients: skin, bones, a smile.

Shorter and prouder he grew.

Broken fingernail kept in locket.

Her dreams continued without her.

"What's your sign?" 

"No entry."

Smashed phone. Half-empty bottle.

Lie back and tense up.

Feed kids. Mow lawn. Repeat.

Dead goldfish staring at me.

"Hungry?"

"I just ate."

"Oh."

Accident. Broken arm. Bitter forever.

The rattlesnakes entertained the children.

Clown school? That's life, darling.

He slept beside the engine. 

Pills before her. Nothing behind.

The fog took him gently.

"We're lost?"  

"The map lied."

Old songs made her weep.

Saturday caught him by surprise. 

Broken-legged, the horse finished.

He was shy. She wasn't.

"What's your favourite colour?" 

"Rainbow."

His conceited smile betrayed him. 

Alone, she removes the decorations.

The magician's hands were shaking.

"What's your name?"

"What's yours?" 

Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Monday. 

She tries to forget him.

Sharks bash against my boat.

"Do you love me?"

"No."