“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re yours; if they don’t, they never were.” – Richard Bach, I think, probably. It was a foggy morning on the Discount Village Pier. The day was chilly, and every day had been getting colder, and not just the weather. An angry mob looked…

(You can hear this story here.) The car had just arrived at the local park, and even though the engine and air conditioning had been off for less than a minute, was already heating under the summer sun. The mother looked in the rearview mirror at her six-year-old daughter, Geraldine. “But you have to try.…

(You can also listen to this story here.) LaLinda loved garage sales. Not that she bought anything, although occasionally she would find a treasure someone was departing with. But mostly, it was more a chance for her to browse and socialize with her neighbors. And she had always been an early riser, so that gave…

(you can listen to the story here.) You are probably familiar with the classic nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet. Until recently, everyone assumed Miss Muffet ran from the spider like a sniveling coward and that was the end. But our team of literature hunters discovered the entirety of Miss Muffet’s story in a remote mountain…

(You can also hear this story here.) In the medieval kingdom of Discountvania, at Castle Discount, and specifically in the castle’s kitchen, King Murray and Queen Linda were having an awful fight. They had been screaming at each other all day when King Murray barreled up to the Queen and got right in her face…