Lucy Saxon had never been more glad to see the merest hints of civilization. She was tired of riding and her horse was getting tired of being ridden. Under normal circumstances she rather enjoyed riding bareback. She hadn't won prizes during her school years for nothing ( Read more... )

There've been a couple of undignified entrances into this town lately, and if Parker was aware of that she'd be resolved not to be another; but she's not aware of that, or that the town has anyone in it at all ( Read more... )

My, my, my. Whoa-oh-oh. How did it get this way, Mama? How'd the boy get so lost from the solid, study path ( Read more... )

Oh my snaps, is that a plane? Is it? Is that a plane flying overhead and over hill, dale and yonder? Stars and whiskers, it is. This is no doubt the first signs of civilisation that some of this town has seen in a very long time! So sad for those that see the plane, though. It seems to be spinning quite a bit out of control! That bird is going down ( Read more... )

( Mr. Smith's coping methods are largely suppressive... )

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John is not, in fact, injured, but despite the nap he'd finally managed, he still looks a bit wrecked as he makes his way into the bar, late in the morning. Contrary to custom, today, he actually asks for coffee, made strong. Resisting the urge to have any "extra fortification" added to it, he looks about to see if either of the place's owners and ( Read more... )

One thing that hasn't changed about Elizabeth Weir since the accident: she's stubborn. When she sets her mind to something, by God she will get it done. Right now, that something is 'being relatively normal'. Taking firm control of her life and her behaviour ( Read more... )

Something is rotten in the state of DenmarkWisconsin, and Locke can definitely smell it ( Read more... )

There's a house on a vaguely upscale residential street. Up until yesterday it only had one interesting thing about it, which was the paint scheme involving blue and green stripes. Not exactly worth a second glance, in a world like this one, but still, it was there ( Read more... )