#37
Fifteen-year-old Joey Franks considered himself a communist. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” That’s what Karl Marx wrote. Joey didn’t know that, of course. He hadn’t actually read any Marx.
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#36
It was only a matter of time. Gerald made himself as small as possible in the corner. The witch was trying to fatten him up for sure. He’d read all about that in a book.
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#35
“Never thought we’d live to see the day,” the old man mused, echoing Roger’s thoughts. “But living to a ripe old age is a privilege denied to many.”
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#34
Nolan Hendricks III was a rising star. Everyone said so. He had the good breeding of John Kennedy, the charm of Bill Clinton, and the grass-roots political savvy of Barack Obama.
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#33
You could say that everyone loved Bella. In fact, everyone loved Bella too much. This was why Bella rarely came out from underneath Marilyn’s bed, at least not while the children were at home.
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#32
The old Shig road, known among the tactical drivers of the Delta base motor pool as the Oh Shit Road, was a well-traveled and oft booby-trapped route across the desert and into the mountains.
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#31
Seeing for any distance was out of the question. But that was fine, because there was nothing to see. Just miles and miles of unbroken dunes and, above them, a brown-gray sky that masked the sun.
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#30
Turnout was not as big as expected at the “Something Old, Something New” wedding flea market at the Baltimore Convention Center. This was due, in no small part, to the surprise late-winter snowstorm that had blanketed the city.
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#29
When I was little I used to go crazy whenever the doorbell rang. I was just a young kid with a lot of pent up energy who thought he knew everything. Maybe there was a time you felt that way too?
