all I could tell her was, “James Cameron isn’t human.” What does that mean, she asked. I suppose I was struggling to say that after a certain point, there was no personhood left to the information on the screen. Everything
Consider this: the deacon reflexively rather than deliberately steps on (and over) Father’s call for silence, but he does so with a sense of necessity and inevitability. The musicians take a principled (albeit erroneous) stand against silence. And the cell phone guerillas? Do they not care ...
“If Ty’s my son, and you’re his brother, does that also make you my kid?” “NO.” “You’ll come around.” “So that’s it?” Wilson demanded. Wilbur separated himself from the conversation and drew up next to Tyler again. If it weren’t for the faint movement of ...
Sometimes they quietened down, but there was always a low hum thrumming in the background. I tried to address them in the worst way possible — by limiting my food intake. But the self-worth I had promised myself never arrived. I waited for it but it never came. I realised the ...
“I do not understand what you mean,” she said. “Do you want him to live?” “Yes,” she said, feeling the cold freeze the tears upon her cheek. “Then a trade must be made.” “Do you wish for my death in his stead?” He smiled, the flash of his teeth causing her to st...
But Max lives in Ridley Falls, Washington, and Sammy has history there as well: a family that never wanted her and a million unanswered questions. Going back would mean confronting it all–but what else does she have to lose? Buy it:Bookshop|Amazon ...
the over-there glee of other children playing, the noises of summer thrumming across to you as if travelling through thick water, and then you heard it, that unmistakeable tinkle, the clang of a bell that was failing followed by those notes, those notes— the ice cream man, the ice cre...