start riding the ditch. In the hallway closet he finds a straw broom and begins sweeping. First, the ... practice he’d retch during warmup, nearly faint after the first few throws. To have a mother so ... my whole life—and I’ve known you since we sat next to each other in first grade, in Mrs. Himple’s ...
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husband’s death trumped his marriage’s demise, but I knew better. I’d met the divorce lawyer at a famous ...
appa worked as a meteorologist. My first home was the converted army barracks that the government ... unsteady legs. December, the first year of my life. I was ten months old. Refusing to walk. There is ...
that double as the first-floor stacks, & some people think this is more than any of us deserve. ...
it finds itself “suddenly alone.” Creedon’s inventive first book of poetry, Wet, confronts, head on, ...
the first week. No more “Ballad of the Green Beret” on my turntable. No more idle dreaming about my ...
better than anyone that the first step in fooling someone is to work their own desire against them. “Who ... was not supposed to watch, if she did certain things which at first she didn’t mind doing, but which ... I don’t want to get eaten.” When the water reaches their chests, they turn onto their backs, first Mary, ...
first story is about the very best girl he ever had, a blonde Czech girl he met in Buffalo when he was ... life. Do you ever think about it? I know death is closer than it should be for me. I drink too much, and ... time. I have to find Thomas first. This, here in Reno, does seem a logical last place—punching hateful ...
like he was holding his nose shut. It was Truitt who first showed me the way of things at Ken Jacobs ... yard. My first day, Truitt had said, “I’ll show you the ropes, kid, but it ain’t my fault if you hang ... near the end of the first pier. The final slip was empty. Truitt walked to the end of the dock and ...
times the first month after she had arrived in Burbank and moved into the shed. He was often in the main ... fame or at least for a green card. After that first month, Rosemary had seen Dan no more. She did not ...