Sarcasm

In a parallel universe where time flows backwards people joke "I ain't getting any older."

Handle with Care

All of life's knocks and mishaps are softened by the bubblewrap of time.

The Magic Trick

When the magician pulls a rabbit from his hat the real trick is believing that the magician exists.

The Astronomer

His wife, he realised, was a lot like interstellar space: dark, cold, vast and utterly indifferent to him. 

The Heretic

I saw a man cross himself while riding a bicycle.

It was not an easy manoeuvre and is not in the Bible. 

The Human Predicament

A man sits frantically writing as his library is consumed by the flames.

The Career Adviser

I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up.
"An unsuccessful architect" he said.