They were somewhere in the desert, the one that spanned Nevada and Arizona but changed names, or spellings anyway, at the state line. Mojave, Mohave, either way it was Mo-freaking-hot-as-hell. Tracy could even see the heat waves rolling up from the ground, making the endless stretch of empty road look more like rolling sea than […]
“They whisper,” the Crowned one heard her confession. “They whisper all sorts of things to me, and I’m never which advice to follow.” “Can you be more specific?” “Big Nose said I should trip Samuel as he was reaching the top of the stairs. I thought he might tumble and slide. I didn’t expect to […]
You’re the same in every city. Every country. Every continent. You have been so ever since Velázquez first used you as the model for one of his gods. You knew he would. How could he resist? Your flowing platinum hair. Your alabaster skin. The faint glow of otherness about you. These things made you compelling […]
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