Unreal City: StoriesWordcraft of Oregon, 1996 - 196 pages |
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Page 19
... heard footsteps round the house , crunching in the pebbles of the drive or in the earth beneath the basement windows . Giggling sometimes , teenagers daring one another . I blew out my candle and waited to see their eyes at my window ...
... heard footsteps round the house , crunching in the pebbles of the drive or in the earth beneath the basement windows . Giggling sometimes , teenagers daring one another . I blew out my candle and waited to see their eyes at my window ...
Page 80
... heard the rustle of the newspaper folding down- ward , felt his father looking at him , waited , pretending not to know he was being observed . " Well ? " the boy said to the empty chair and waited , but heard the rustle of the newspa ...
... heard the rustle of the newspaper folding down- ward , felt his father looking at him , waited , pretending not to know he was being observed . " Well ? " the boy said to the empty chair and waited , but heard the rustle of the newspa ...
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... heard fear in it . For the first time in his life . Fear . " Brian ? ” he whispered . “ Brian , little buddy ? " A question . What did the question mean ? It meant Brian are you awake ? That's what it pretended to say , but what it ...
... heard fear in it . For the first time in his life . Fear . " Brian ? ” he whispered . “ Brian , little buddy ? " A question . What did the question mean ? It meant Brian are you awake ? That's what it pretended to say , but what it ...
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