The cop cars performed a ballet in the city's streets, backing up and moving forward, as they searched the back alleys and bushes for the suspect.

After watching "Gone with the Wind" as a child Alex became deathly afraid of small horses and little girls in riding outfits, so when he was asked to photograph a riding show featuring little people on ponies—for a large sum of money—he was torn.

Walking the tightrope 200 feet in the air without a net was easy for Jake compared with the dangers of the head-spinning heights of love.

He measured time by how long it took to smoke a cigarette.

The ship slowly moved across the black water towards the cove and safe-harbour for at least another day.

The tattoo gun hummed and as the needle entered her skin she realized that having the name of a guy she had only met a few hours before permanently painted on her skin might not be the best decision she had made of late.

When the subway car passed through a tunnel Terry swore he saw someone standing in the darkness outside the car and the image of the eyes that seemed to float there would not leave his memory.