So God (who called Earth the spoiled brat of his nine planets) gave him the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were Earth's first toys, fun and BIG and cute for infant games, but they got boring rather quickly, just as stuffed animals get boring to aging human children. They were fun in a physical sense, but they were lacking imagination and the ability to form a society, so Earth wiped them out.

Then God gave Earth a being which was capable of forming a society--which was mankind.

Child Earth putter-played with us, watching us build up a civilization and grow and flourish, then every once in awhile he'd wreck us with earthquakes and hurricanes. Though cruel to the human society, Earth found destruction quite amusing. It was much more fun than watching dinosaurs eat each other.

- Satan Burger by Carlton Mellick III

Helen Skura was born in Venice, California. When she was two, her family moved to Saugus, California. She lived there with her mom, dad, and three younger brothers until graduating high school and moving to Santa Barbara to attend college at UCSB. Helen is currently a third-year English major and works as a writing tutor with CLAS. She enjoys writing and, whenever possible, reading books that have not been assigned. Her favorite authors include Neil Gaiman, Paul Neilan, Chuck Palahniuk, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Carlton Mellick III. She has been a certified SCUBA diver since she was thirteen and a downhill skier since she could barely walk. She watches too much TV and hopes to one day figure out what she wants to do when she grows up.