“The attendant pointed out that the bones were in very good shape and so many of them had survived cremation because the deceased was relatively young and healthy. Torn almost rolled his eyes. We could do without the biology lesson.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“It was muddy from all the rain. A few gray wooden houses on both sides and one old, tired store lined the road. Two dark mangy stray dogs, shivering in the damp cold, wandered the street and a few crows sat in the dead trees, waiting for who knew what.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“It’s far more reliable than solar or wind power, which depend on mother nature, who is notoriously fickle; sometimes the sun don’t shine and the wind don’t blow.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“She had that look again—taut jaw, pursed lips and angry eyes—the look her face assumed when her borderline personality had crossed the border.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“So, I’m an apprentice baker, then?” “Huh?” “I don’t have the knead to know?”
― Fort Scratchy
― Fort Scratchy
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