Jul 18, 2018 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
On the other hand, he did have his inspired moments, inexplicable jags of rambunctiousness when something in him was temporarily set free and he turned into a joking, daredevil prankster, as, for example, the night when he showed off for her in the kitchen of her...
Jul 7, 2018 | Lies, Short Stories, Truth & Lies |
Silences After dinner, nobody went home right away. I think we’d enjoyed the meal so much we hoped Elaine would serve us the whole thing all over again. These were people we’ve gotten to know a little from Elaine’s volunteer work—nobody from my work, nobody from the...
Jun 23, 2018 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
Today Dr. Jordan looks more disarranged than usual, and as if he has something on his mind; he does not seem to know quite how to begin. So I continue with my sewing until he’s had time to gather himself together; and then he says, Is that a new quilt you are working...
Jun 16, 2018 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
And now you could read... Catch 22 Catch 22 Catch 22 Tenth of December The Wall 4 3 2...
Jun 9, 2018 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
Amaryllis seemed preoccupied. ‘See you in my dreams,’ I said. That got a smile, then she drank about half her whisky and began to cry into the rest of it. ‘What is it?’ I said. ‘What’s the matter?’ She wiped her eyes, blew her...
May 26, 2018 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
My mother and Aunt Pauline were a dead clergyman’s daughters – a Methodist, he was – and it was said their father had done something unexpected with the church money, and after that could not get a position; and when he died they were penniless, and were turned out to...