Word-At-A-Time-Blog

“What’s ‘Oven Exam’?” said Tom. This question came after the awkward silence that had befallen the room after Tom’s weird cousin Morris had said “Ever play Oven Exam?” Morris – who insisted everyone address him by the nickname “Nardstar” – had arrived uninvited and unannounced, but since Tom was renting this cottage from his uncle; … Read more

Friday The 13th slept soundly as dawn crept peacefully across her cheek. Her eyes snapped open and she sat bolt upright in bed. It was Friday the 13th. Friday The 13th had always had a morbid fascination with Friday the 13th, possibly stemming from the fact that her parents had actually named her Friday The … Read more

There once was a man named Marvin. Despite his neuroses, he thought of himself as a mostly good person and he hoped people had that opinion of him, though he knew not everybody had to like him, a fact of life he had come to accept of late. A serial monogamist, he had many hang-ups … Read more