Monthly Archives: July 2011

pardon me, but that looks like a good book you’ve got there (chapter 19, part 2)
Robin drops Elle off by 5:00 in the afternoon, which leaves a couple of hours to do homework and read until Lang comes home. When she’s in her room, she turns on the television. Sometimes she sits in a rocker

pardon me, but that looks like a good book you’ve got there (chapter 19, part 2)
Robin drops Elle off by 5:00 in the afternoon, which leaves a couple of hours to do homework and read until Lang comes home. When she’s in her room, she turns on the television. Sometimes she sits in a rocker

indefinitely (chapter 19, part 1)
It isn’t the first time her moms stopped talking to each other. It doesn’t happen all the time but when it does it’s slow torture, like listening to Barney the purple dinosaur sing his stupid “I love you, you love

indefinitely (chapter 19, part 1)
It isn’t the first time her moms stopped talking to each other. It doesn’t happen all the time but when it does it’s slow torture, like listening to Barney the purple dinosaur sing his stupid “I love you, you love

vow of silence
The machine could answer as well as she. Always chipper and polite, it always had time, and callers didn’t care one way or the other; in fact, they were quite expansive and put on a little show with chuckles and

vow of silence
The machine could answer as well as she. Always chipper and polite, it always had time, and callers didn’t care one way or the other; in fact, they were quite expansive and put on a little show with chuckles and

love poem
* * The woman in the window flutters and burns like a dripping heart. He appraises from below; his eyes tug at her hair. “Hello!” He calls, “Here I am!” She smiles and waves. It is her job to sit

love poem
* * The woman in the window flutters and burns like a dripping heart. He appraises from below; his eyes tug at her hair. “Hello!” He calls, “Here I am!” She smiles and waves. It is her job to sit

nowhere (chapter 18, part 2)
Wayne awakes around noon, fully clothed and sweating under the Lilien’s down comforter with a mouthful of the straight-up residue of bourbon, rum, vodka and gin (there was nothing to mix it with) and some port to top it all

nowhere (chapter 18, part 2)
Wayne awakes around noon, fully clothed and sweating under the Lilien’s down comforter with a mouthful of the straight-up residue of bourbon, rum, vodka and gin (there was nothing to mix it with) and some port to top it all

Help! Summer is here!
(Shhh…) Help! My children have hijacked my life. It happens every year in June and lasts until September. They have duct-taped my laptop shut and cavort half-naked around it, brandishing plastic baseball bats and gardening tools and chomping the air

Help! Summer is here!
(Shhh…) Help! My children have hijacked my life. It happens every year in June and lasts until September. They have duct-taped my laptop shut and cavort half-naked around it, brandishing plastic baseball bats and gardening tools and chomping the air