If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being […] Read more

Because desirable things are the most difficult to obtain, giving him a chance to miss you will increase your desirability and he will think of you more often. Desperate women feel they simply must have a man—any man—in their lives to be complete. This kind of dependent attitude is too eager and servile, and ultimately […] Read more

The monster shrilled from the very light beaming into its many dark eyes. The people too were just as overwhelmed by the brilliance and shielded themselves from it. The pale woman gazed at the creature hovering high above and stretched out her hand. “What is it?” “Interesting.” The gothic man replied while stroking his thinly […] Read more

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and […] Read more

Riding up the winding road of Saint Agnes Cemetery in the back of a rattling old truck, Francis Phelan became aware that the dead, even more than the living, settled down in neighborhoods. The truck was suddenly surrounded by field of monuments and cenotaphs of kindred design and striking size, all guarding the privileged dead. […] Read more

In the ancient Cheddar Gorge of Somerset in England, there is a huge cavern. Since it was first discovered more than a century ago it has yielded many rare artifacts and bones from the ancient past, including even a complete seated skeleton, nine thousand years old. But in 1950 this place, named “Gough’s Cave” after […] Read more

Over the past 20 years, as technology grew at a rapid pace to gave us the Internet, smartphones and instant connectivity, the resulting changes have forced us to re-examine our personal and professional lives, our goals and our careers. As early as March 2002 a Wall Street Journal article described several manufacturers adopting an approach […] Read more

The velociraptor sniffed. It jerked its head, and looked right at Tim; Tim nearly gasped with fright. Tim’s body was rigid, tense. He watched as the reptile eye moved, scanning the room. Another sniff. He’s got me, Tim thought. Then the head jerked back to look forward, and the animal went on, toward the fifth […] Read more

Tips and Scripts for Explaining an Untimely Death Death is death, regardless of the age of the deceased. All of the same explanations about death hold true, but these situations are especially painful because no one expects a person to die before his time. Be honest: “Sarah had a problem with her body. The doctors […] Read more