He squeezed the heavy book onto the shelf and the shelf collapsed on top of him and he as lay there dying he thought it a proper way to die.

She forced me to go camping. We drove out of the city and we parked near a tree. We walked to a lake. So this is nature, I said, unimpressed.

They kissed by the riverbank. I’m so afraid, she said. He said, Look at the stars. And they stared at the sky. Now I’m petrified, she added.

I sat on the toilet and surfed the web on my phone. And then I finished up and rejoined my family only to discover I’d become a grandfather.

The cars collide with the dull oblivious thud of disaster. She races out of her crumpled minivan to confront the other driver. But he’s cute.

He left the house. The day was sunny and warm. He bought a cola. He was happy. And then a meteor fell on the earth and destroyed everything.

We climbed the mountain. I took out two beers and she said, I’m gluten free, and I stared at her and said, Then why’d we climb the mountain?