“Why do you think they picked worms instead of… anything else?” Vince pondered as he stared down into his half-eaten bag of sour gummy worms. Wriggling insects didn’t seem like a great marketing choice to him - after all, who wanted to eat worms? Then again, he wasn’t exactly an expert in the business of candy making, and here he was eating the ( Read more... )

Vince sat at his parents’ kitchen table, the surface littered with a sprawl of glue sticks, scissors, cut out inspirational sayings and pictures from magazines, and a giant poster board. Normally he wasn’t quite this crafty, but with his best friend home again, he wanted to make Kori a collage for his wall as a housewarming present. …apartment ( Read more... )

Baby's big round eyes gave away the fact that she wasn't venomous, but they made her look... well, a little dopey to most people. But not to Vince, oh no, his snake was adorable, though not in the same way that a cuddly puppy was. His snake definitely did not cuddle, but he took her desire to slither on him to leech warmth as a form of affection ( Read more... )

From the outside of the L.A. Burdick storefront, one could see a myriad of chocolates on display in glass cases. Rows of truffles, chocolate figurines of mice and penguins, and servers behind the counter preparing steaming hot cocoa made from the finest white, dark and milk chocolates. The golden interior made the store look all the more refined ( Read more... )