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he climbed back up to the house

In my office, a dusty stack of psych journals beckoned. A twenty-pagetreatise on the eye-blink reflex in schizophrenic Hooded rats lowered myeyelids. I went down to the pond and fed the koi. For fish, they’re smart, havelearned to swarm the moment I come down the stairs. It’s nice to be wanted. Warm air and sloshing […]

the twoof them could be using hers

“Sounds nice.” I told him about driving up to Latigo, left out the rest of my motor tourand the memories it had evoked. He said, “No kidding. I was up there myself, early in the morning. Pretty,no?” “And out of the way.” “I talked to a few neighbors, including the old guy Michaela scared when […]

a key from hissister who lives in

Who was to say? I’d stopped without meaning to in front of Peaty’s building. One of thelittle kids waved at me and I waved back and both parents turned. Shaved-headDad glared. I sped off. No action at the PlayHouse, same for the big cantaloupe-painted complex on Overland that DylanMeserve had left without notice. Shabby place. […]

I stared at plants and dirt

Maybe because of the isolation. I had yet to encounter another vehiclechallenging the mountains. I drove another few miles, managed to turn around on a skinny ribbon ofasphalt, hooked right on Kanan, and drove into the Valley. Tori Giacomo’s last known address was a dingy white multiplex. Old cars andtrucks filled the street. True to […]

balm and glorious blue skies made

“What did you say?” “Nothing, I listened. Mostly that’s what I did when I was married. Shetalked, I listened.”   I reached Milo’s cell and reported bothconversations. “Hooking up with a star, huh?” “Maybe she settled for someone who looked like one.” “Meserve or another PlayHouse Adonis.” “With her level of naiveté, someone who’d been […]