A silence slithers in, and it is only after it has settled that Arthur remembers to say: “I’m sorry ( Read more... )

"I wish the ring had never come to me...I wish none of this had happened ( Read more... )

“Why aren’t you falling over?” Ellen asked Anna ( Read more... )

The problem then became that Castiel had stopped talking to Dean, and was now made aware once again of Crowley’s presence in the car. He managed to deal with this insult to his heavenly nature for about fifteen minutes. Then ( Read more... )

The mechanic says, "If you're male and you're Christian and living in America, you father is your model for God. And if you never know your father, if your father bails out or dies or is never at home, what do you believe about God ( Read more... )

How can the poem and the stink and the grating ( Read more... )

He crosses the front room, which he calls his study, and comes down the staircase. The stairs turn a corner; they are narrow and steep. You can touch both handrails with your elbows, and you have to bend your head, even if, like George, you are only five eight. This is a tightly planned little house. He often feels protected by its smallness; ( Read more... )

    There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself - not just sometimes, but always. When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he ( Read more... )

Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem ( Read more... )