There was a cold feeling on my toes which started to creep up my body to my throat. I couldn't move."It went away and then the feeling started again, but before it got to my throat I shouted at it and the room seemed to clear."Another strange case involved a boy who apparently ...
Another frozen treat, another brain freeze. “Ice cream headaches” happen when something cold touches nerves in the roof of the mouth, triggering blood vessels in the front of your head to swell. This rapid swelling causes the familiar, jabbing pain of a brain freeze. An easy solution? Try...
“Mama!” I screamed. I ran over to her but it was no use. I could see she was dead. And The Chalupa was down on the floor, holding her, cradling her. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and I got to wondering, even while I was feeling so broken up myself, why this...
The Shrike was first published in audio onPseudopod By the time she’s thrown herself upright and grasped for the remote with shaking hands, it’s too late. She’s seen it. She’s heard the words. Instead, she stumbles for the kitchen sink, feeling her throat clench with acrid, stingin...
I slowly step into the cold water. I am used to her bite by now. One foot after the other, the water rising above my waist, my night dress floating around me on the surface. Further I step, until the water is at my chin. I take a deep, long breath in, and plunge below the ...
She also stirs in a lot of chopped green onions (about 6 or 8.) Using chopsticks she whips this into the most glistening frothing blob of goo you can imagine. Then she refrigerates it for several hours to let the flavors mix, and eventually serves it cold as a side dish.The flavor ...
The voice of Cancer reached his ear as chirps, and he understood it as, “let us depart.” Cancer led them through the antechamber to the wet room. Juan walked slowly into the cold, dark water, feeling himself slip away with every step. Once he has gone far enough he was swimming and...
I've taken a look at Kittelsen's work, and it truly expresses that cold, dark world of the far northern lands, with a heavy sense of melancholy which moves me. His pictures related to the plague are my favorites, with their eerie suggestions and that isolated dark figure wandering in ...
As mentioned, there are manydifferent risks and negativesinvolved in smoking, that many users try to quit. However, quitting smoking cold turkey is a difficult process, and oftentimes, smokers fall back into old habits. Vaping has been linked to positives in those that have tried to quit smoki...
“That’s an interesting way to carve a turkey,” my mother-in-law said, as I cut half the breast off and quickly sliced chunks onto the children’s plates. “Don’t you carve thin slices from the top?” “No time,” I said, “we don’t want the plates to go cold.” She...