Dated July 3rd, 2011:
"This is going to hurt like a sonofabitch, but then it'll be over and we'll pump some of the good stuff into you so you won't feel a thing. You with us, Private ( Read more... )

Growing up in Bolton and then in Manchester, moving to London to practise and only ever snatching the time for city-breaks meant that Martha had never spent a lot of time by the sea. These days, she spends a lot of time on the beach, sitting in the shade of one of the palm trees, or bobbing in the warm water. She doesn't really sunbathe - she's ( Read more... )

It wasn't the first time Rollie'd woken up to hear Josiah crying. In fact, for a while it had been a fairly regular occurrence-their homes were all close together and Josiah, though he was a remarkably even-tempered baby, had an impressive set of lungs on him. But it was the first time that it hadn't been joined by the sounds of Shadow either ( Read more... )

It's a goddamn beautiful day to play a little baseball. Danny's knee is decent, he's got the field in decent condition thanks to a lot of help from a lot of people, and everyone's on their best, what with all the practices they've been having. It's not about the winning, to Danny, though. It's just about getting to have some good times and hey, if ( Read more... )

She's walking away from Clive and thinking about what she said to Nick the other day, what she told him about integrity of justice and how they all matter, because they have to matter, because they ought to, if she's doing her job properly. Some of them just seem to mean the world. Innocent until proven guilty, four words to live by but it's ( Read more... )

“Today’s the day,” is what the guard told Lisbeth that morning at six AM. “I have a package from your lawyer ( Read more... )

It's sometimes hard to find the things you want ( Read more... )

The good news for the patrons of the Winchester was that Archie had gotten better with his cooking. The bad news was that for a space of time, he had had to sacrifice his eaters to the pursuit of learning. Nothing had ever been inedible, and certainly nothing had ever caused one harm, but a regular patron with middling intelligence would have ( Read more... )

There isn't a word to describe how good Danny feels to be standing at home plate of a baseball diamond in a Yankees jersey. He's got a pair of jeans to go with it, making his attire at least fifty percent more casual than most days and the best part is that he's been able to leave the cane at home ( Read more... )

Having an increasingly mobile daughter was both a relief and a concern.

The relief was that she was acquiring milestones as a developing child could be expected to reach them, so he wasn't doing something completely wrong, although he wasn't sure he'd contributed to this one so much as Shenlong, by way of both being and not being a stationary dog ( Read more... )