Stories
Story of the Week
It seemed to her that they only ever touched each other in transient, sudden ways.
Story of the Week
Definitely believe what you hear about the problems with painkillers.
Fiction
The first murder had been a half dozen years ago in a warmer city.
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A dead body leaned sideways against a wall. Its eyes were open.
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The first rule of the house is that everything must be even stevens.
Story of the Week
They all pivoted to face us, tan mannequins on a conveyor belt.
Story of the Week
He bound me to blind obedience, for which I’d shown a propensity.
Fiction
“I can’t believe she’s drinking,” she said. “I just can’t believe it.”
Story of the Week
Let him search, Tricia thought, who knew what he might discover.
Story of the Week
He was alongside without preamble. Elephants are not stealthy by nature.
Classics
Professor Flacks could tell you everything about James Joyce.
Story of the Week
It is the one day that is purely American. Yes, a day of celebration.
Story of the Week
He had looked on it a thousand times and it never failed to kill him.
Story of the Week
The world seemed newly made and filled with a frightening silence.
Story of the Week
It has come to this—my daughter is now assaulting other children.
Story of the Week
He did not look at Prissy, nor did she wish him a happy New Year.
Story of the Week
Life is a dream, he thought. Something she knew and I didn’t.
Story of the Week
If you hear your name again just say, Here I am. Maybe it’s the Lord.
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All I could focus on was if he was going to ask me to date him.
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Men came over carrying lanterns and pulled away the chunks of ice.
Fiction
The draft of ten handwritten pages would have to be cut back to five.
Story of the Week
We put effort into making things that No Man would ever think of creating.
Story of the Week
Tanya jokes that she comes to the East Coast now only for funerals.
Story of the Week
I’m in a fight for my career and the SOB won’t be there for me.
Fiction
“You’re great with people. Ever since you got over the drooling problem.”
Story of the Week
Some types of pain are just too deep to touch, are better left alone.
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I’m covetous of my worldly neighbor. And he’s not accommodating.
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Today the game was to try to catch one of the cats in a pillowcase.
