In nature there are few true acts of bravery, only those of survival. A pine tree immolating itself in order to ensure that future...

Petraitis was exhausted. He had defeated his own future and he was now an immortal. He could do anything, be anything, live any life he...

Petraitis awakened in the darkness. He could tell that the time for the final ghost to visit was upon him for in his heart he felt a...

Ever the night wore closer to the skin. The darkness hung upon Petraitis like a burlap shroud and he could feel it getting ever tighter...

Petraitis reached out to take the hand that seemed to creep out of the darkness like a serpent. "Are you the ghost that was foretold?" ...

Petraitis was startled awake. He had fallen asleep grading papers. The house was dark and cold and somewhat too big for him, yet too...

Petraitis was beginning to nod to sleep at his desk when he noticed the light was fading. A deep shadow extended to the East and the sun...

All his friends were gone. There was no doubt about that. He had driven them to the airport himself and mourned not their loss but his...

Something lives in my attic. One time years ago a squirrel died there. I think this may be the ghost of that squirrel and he is raucous....

Hi. Welcome to "optional" Friday. "Wait? Did I miss the lesson on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights? I did? Oh, well. Those are...