Now, months before they enter the “real” world, decapitation once again is imminent by way of: a rejected proposal, a birth control fail, an almost ménage a quartet, and a secret (and-thought-to-be-impossible) hook-up. Everything explodes over the course of a Christmas vacation in Fl...
They happen in (mostly) predictable locations, like the infamous 'Ring of Fire' around the Pacific plate. If you're in (or plan to be in) a place that's subject to seismic upheaval during a SuperMoon stress window, it's not hard to figure out that being prepared to the extent that...
It might seem almost churlish to wonder what would happen if Spain were to leave the euro. The official European position is that the battle of the euro has been pretty much won, and anyone who argues otherwise will be accused of being a euro hater, an Anglo-Saxon or, even worse, a w...
I think that if you are an American or a citizen of the world you have a beef with Rubin for believing–as I did–in the “Greenspanist” doctrine that the Federal Reserve had the tools to put a firewall between finance and employment and should thus regard bubbles principally with benign...
A woman mentioned a habit she now does regularly: if there’s something positive she’s heard about someone, she makes a point of telling that person what was said. She said it makes them feel so good to know. That story pinged for me so I plan to do the same. Instead of looking ...
When one of these volcanoes starts to act up, it is up to the international volcano crisis team to get up close and personal with these awakening giants and determine if the smoke and seismic activity indicate an imminent deadly eruption. More About This Book Escape from Syria Kullab, ...
What if he was the one 'lost in the land without rain'? What if Bianca had lived, and Percy hadn't? (Art by Viria) Contents 1 Death, More Death, and Another Choice 2 Whats-Her-Name Sells Her Soul 3 Social Services Sets My House On Fire 4 My Brother Gets The Worst Night-...
The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer the sill of the world. (Lord of the Flies, William Golding) If wits were pins, the man would be a veritable hedgehog. (Fly by Night, Frances Hardinge)
"I've been a guest at weddings where the couples were clearly a match made in hell, which made me wonder what each party's life would be like if the weddings never happened to begin with. Once, a groom threatened to cancel the wedding (he had anger issues and was arguing with the ...
he doesn’t wake up this morning to Labour MPs panicking about a defeat to Galloway. We’ll never know if Galloway would have won this contest regardless — and as such, Labour’s internal disputes over the Israel-Hamas war, which could have erupted into crisis had it been narrowly defeate...