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Mailbox
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"Where are we going?" I ask for what feels like the hundredth time ( Read more... ) -
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There are days on this island, days like today, when the world seems utterly perfect. Like nothing I could ever have hoped to experience in Pico Mundo and as much as I miss home now and then, I understand that a little homesickness is perhaps a necessary price to pay for days that briefly dip into perfection. With Stormy's body warm beside mine ( Read more... ) -
Cursed Idol
I, Odd Thomas, know a bit about bad luck ( Read more... ) -
[For Stormy]
[Continued from here.]"Let's go home," I agree, fighting against the urge to push back against Stormy right there in the wall. I may have certain desires that feel near to overwhelming sometimes, but I also have the good grace and decency to leave them to more private venues ( Read more... ) -
[For Stormy] New Year's Eve
It has to be said right off the bat that I am not a particularly well socialized person. I can go through the motions, I'm polite and kind when required of me, I know how to function in social situations. Friends aren't easily made, but they're still made. However, I do not do well at parties and I am not interested much in social drinking ( Read more... ) -
[For Stormy] Wedding Night
There have been times in my past where I've done some relatively ridiculous things and made some astonishingly bad decisions. Often, these things and decisions have led to moments where I'm left utterly speechless, which is not a state I often find myself in. When I do, it's usually because I've been rendered speechless by my own ability to be ( Read more... ) -
[For Stormy] - Backstory
In August, when the sun is already hot enough at six in the morning to fry the streets of Pico Mundo, the cool, dry air inside Green Moon Mall is a welcome respite in more ways than one. I don't mean to suggest that the mall is some kind of oasis, but it's as close to one as we have in Pico Mundo, and not simply for the air conditioning. There's ( Read more... )