Cubby walked onto the front porch of the boarding house and blinked into the sun. It was only ten in the morning, but still the light beat down with a vengea...

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1. MISTAKES WERE MADE

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31. FEAST AND FAMINE

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The rafters shook with each impact of the battering ram, sending cascades of dust drifting down over her schematics. She ignored them and turned back to her ...

Gramma Gershon taught me many things. When to pick berries to capture the brightest color and sweetest taste. Why to avoid wild mushrooms. Plump and meaty as...

They sleep.

Silver Hill Hotel, Pine County, Nevada.

It took a minute to notice over the constant sound of moving water in this place, but it was definitely snoring. The soft noise was drifting around the corne...

Things hadn’t really been working out for Lola since she died. Life, if she could even call it that anymore, had pretty much gone down the crapper.

Imagine you’re six and a half years old. The extra half makes a big difference, because it means you’re that much closer to being one of the big kids. The on...

Tara always pulled her minivan into the section of the parking lot littered with chalk drawings and with signs showing storks, strollers, and large-bellied f...

Unfortunately for me, the day I became a superhero, so did everyone else.

A few stray fireworks died dull against daylight and Peggy yawned. Distorted guitars and a hissing snare drum snap invaded her brain through her earphones as...

Hannah runs her hand over the row of long-handled chisels, darkened and smoothed by years of use. Just the smell in here — the smell of sawdust and a bit of ...

The echo of Marco’s footsteps mixed with the pattering of the rain as he stepped off the main road and into the alleyway. It seemed like it hadn’t stopped ra...

The muted horns of passing cars drifted up to Enthos, where he sat on his ledge, peering over the street. The familiar lights and sounds were both comforting...

The bone saw, please.

“Did you finish off the graham crackers?”

With each passing minute the sky dug a little harder onto Atlas’s shoulders. His legs trembled as he pushed against his black, ceaselessly oppressive burden....

Patient #8620-87

The first time he blacked out, Kevin saw stars. Not the tweety-bird kind, but actual galaxies spinning away in the dark. It happened again a week later, and ...

Talia painted her lips blue and went down, down, down to the Market Level ball.