So imagine the day your great-great-grandmother was born. Got it? Now go back another hundred years or so. And then another hundred. That’s about when they built Hills Village Middle School. Of course...
Rough, cheap carpet, a lesson in physics and friction. I couldn’t tell how many shooters were left inside the
Roadway. We didn’t stop at the house, but instead rounded the corner and stopped a block away. Stepping out and
Quickly fading—going
Profanity-laden tirade that took some of the polish off her sophisticated veneer,
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Pale-gray rug. Several pieces of chrome-and-black-leather
Of my jacket pocket. By this point, with my full workday and tonight’s party of all parties to plan, I was more surprised when it wasn’t going off. A sound, deafening even by midtown Manhattan standar...
Oaks, the forest opened up and we flew in an oval pattern around the scene. The grille of a blue Mustang was nosed up against an earthen barrier, the vehicle’s doors open. Two bodies, both male, were...
No es Rafe’s
Nada. Nuance
My forehead and armpits are spritzing like a berserk watering can cursed by an angry garden gnome. I roll out to center stage and fiddle with the microphone,
Most folks around here said, ‘Good riddance.
Khaki utility vests—open portmanteaus
Isn’t
If you spin in a circle perhaps avoiding corners
Down with Bart for a few hours and sleep as best I could. Chapter 12 I was as tired as I could ever remember being as I pulled the station wagon up the narrow driveway and came to a stop twenty-five f...
Decision, but she felt agitated by questions that suddenly shot at her from all sides. Who hacked the system? Why? What if it’s a coincidence? What if this is separate and Chris is off
Couldn’t stop
Call me hopelessly paranoid, but this whole place was starting to seem creepily idyllic. Like, my bedroom was charming. Charming! What did I know about charming? I’d never called anything charming bef...