The dream-words siphoned round his head. His eyes bugged open. He felt cold and hot at the same time; he felt drenched in sweat yet dry as pumice. It was always dark in here, and the darkness was his nemesis. It seduced him with its comfort, then dropped the memories into his lap like freshly sev...
winter-damon First, let me openly admit that, in delving into the darkest regions of the human consciousness, in exploring the most demented extremes of perversity and aberrant behavior—a task I’ve committed myself wholeheartedly to in creating my own somewhat notorious body of works—an undesir...
Not her again!-the skinny woman in the black one-piece turned the corner. Slydes ducked behind the trees. If he'd been a second slower, the woman would have seen him.What the fuck is she doing in there?She seemed intent on something, a half smile on her face as she bopped up to the first door. Sh...
He stared up in wonder, drinking up the sight of the stars. My whole life is heavenly. . . . The night couldn’t have been more beautiful, nor could his love. The God that he believed in was much more nebulous than the God of most people, but just as real. Wilfrud knew, in fact, that they were all...
“Step on back, folks,” Deputy Chief Dood Malone ordered once he’d disembarked from the patrol car. “Make way.” The crowd parted, the act of which led Malone through a fidgeting and enraged aisle of human bodies. It was one of the southside houses—the bad blocks—that the crowd congregated before, ...
Silly thought those ribbons, but so were palm trees in November. For that matter so was the possibility of seeing Anna in the buff. He had his chance and took it, just before they turned in that evening. Say, “good night,” a gentle kiss dragged out, maybe run your tongue past her lips. He thought...
"It's about Gwyneth—" "Ha, great set of tits, huh?" "Yes—" "I told you." "Yeah, but listen, Dad. There's something you need to know about her, and I'd be...remiss in not telling you, so I need you to get ready for a shock." Dad laughed over the line. "Son, son, I'm grateful for your concern, but ...
"Well then let's go eat 'em, then get on our way to Clyde Nale's. ‘Sides, I gots one last chore ta do outside ‘fore we leave." But when Dicky turned toward the back door, he stopped. Clothes were strewn about—clothes that clearly did not belong to Balls. A pair of drab brown slacks, a brown hat t...
He’s never taken a test in his life that he hasn’t aced. Eighteen years old and he’s already in grad school, but, look. Look how dumb he really is. How can somebody so smart be this stupid?” Each word seemed like the bite of a shovel digging down into Walter’s grave and grudgingly unearthing him....
Do you read?” “Five by five, Scratch One. Go ahead.” “Request permission to land by vectored thrust option.” “Roger, Scratch One. Land your victor by vectored thrust on designated flight line and coordinates.” The plane dipped out of the sky, plummeting. Six hundred knots dropped to zero in 15.4 ...
Via complained. “Why do we have to come here?” “I’ve got some moves to make,” Xeke replied. “I’m hip in these parts. I’ve got connections.” “Oh, you’re such a player,” Via groaned. “Did you hear that? Xeke’s hip in these parts. He’s The Man.” “You just wish you could be as hip.” “Oh, right.” The ...