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The Far Shore

My country neither interested me nor inspired any sense of fealty.

The First Meeting

Her lips had the scent of the first kiss, and a thirst for justice.

The Go-Go Dancer

He picked up a fairy disguised as a go-go dancer and brought her home.

The Gold Cure

Lust was just a frenzy of activity that had mostly led Benny in circles.

The Gold Cure

Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad wins Pulitzer Prize.

The Great Awakening

Time stops as the ball rolls tantalizingly around the rim.

The Great Gatsby

I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention.

The Healer in the Motel

You know how good she has always been at hiding herself.

The Journey

Eavan’s death was catastrophic, leaving us all wanting more.

The Kiss

Below, the kiss silently maneuvers our bodies closer to the rose bed.

The Lady with the Little Dog

Gurov reflected, “it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make her acquaintance.”

The Letters

The letter both pleased and disturbed her. Why did he get in touch?

The Little One Need Not Come

The house of our relationship is a fort. Blanket fort. Tree fort.

The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday

The sense of power that flights of temper evoke will betray you.

The Lucky Bastard

It was on a mid-June morning that the stranger first called.

The Magic Piano

Chocolate promises a happy ending. I believed in that promise.

The Murder

He always talked of making money with the air of a connoisseur.

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The Painted Veil

Kitty reached the age of twenty-five and was still unmarried.

The Palace of Illusions

I managed to talk sensible Alice into a little pink outfit and high heels.

The Pink Door

The little door would appear in my mind’s eye, except that now it was ajar.

The Pizza in New Jersey

He’ll probably try to get her in the sack, just to stay in practice.

The Promised Land

She must know she was a mistake, what they call now a surprise.

The Rooms

In the rooms you picked up what you liked, like shells on a beach.

The Sentimentality of William Tavener

It takes a strong woman to make any sort of success in the West.

The Silence Here Owns Everything

When he kisses me, my heart flutters in my chest like swarming bees.

The Spooning and the Fork

This would not be a wooing meal. I was cooking my man into submission.

The Story of an Hour

There would be no one to live for; she would live for herself.

The Stylist

Her bra is black, her breasts full and white. There is too much flesh.

The Traveler’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed

We were young and lived wild lives in the delightful city of our sojourn.