You know what’s strange? After all those years, of him saying he’d kill me if I ever left him, he was the one to go. Just because he thought I was taking too much cocaine. But really, he didn’t seem very upset to leave at all.
“Conviction” by Tama Janowitz (1986)
Life is what is lived by American mothers and fathers, Swedish townspeople, European cityfolk–but she is none of these.
“The Incorrect Hour” by Debra Spark (1986)
‘Leveling with other people is important to me,’ I answered. ‘And you’re important to me.’ Then I said, ‘And whales.’
“Where We Are Now” by Ethan Canin (1986)
Why does he say he wants to sleep with her forever, but sleep with her only once a month? Why does he say she makes him happy, then tell her he’s unhappy?
“Claire’s Lover’s Church by Teri Ruch (1984)
It was like that hush of spirit which we feel amid the bright, mild woods of autumn, when the bright hectic flush is on the trees, and the last lingering flowers by the brook; and we joy in it all the more, because we know that soon it will all pass away
It was like that hush of spirit which we feel amid the bright, mild woods of autumn, when the bright hectic flush is on the trees, and the last lingering flowers by the brook; and we joy in it all the more, because we know that soon it will all pass away
There is nothing at all like a man’s strong kiss: apologies to the women of Kentucky.
“What You Want to Do Fine” by Lorrie Moore
There is nothing at all like a man’s strong kiss: apologies to the women of Kentucky.
Life was stuck in the night; daytime was just the intermission, the waiting between the acts of the real show.
“Maniac Loose” by Michael Malone (2001)
Life was stuck in the night; daytime was just the intermission, the waiting between the acts of the real show.